All real estate license fees shall be payable in advance of issuing the licenses and at the time of filing the application.

Unless otherwise provided, all licenses expire at midnight of the last day of the period for which issued.

The holder of a license who fails to renew it prior to the expiration of the period for which it was issued and who has otherwise qualified for such license, may renew it within two years from such expiration upon proper application and the payment of a late renewal fee in an amount equal to one and one-half times the regular renewal fee in effect at the time the license is reinstated.

Any person who has qualified in an examination for a real estate license shall file the required application and fee for the license within one year thereafter.

The definitions contained in this article are solely for the purposes of this article.

The amount of the real estate fees prescribed for an examination or for a license under this chapter is that fixed by the following provisions of this article. No part of any fee paid in accordance with the provisions of this chapter is refundable. It is deemed earned by the department upon its receipt.

The real estate broker license examination fee is one hundred fifty dollars ($150), not to exceed one hundred ninety-five dollars ($195). The real estate broker license reexamination fee is one hundred fifty dollars ($150), not to exceed one hundred ninety-five dollars ($195).

If an applicant fails to appear for the examination within two years from the date of filing their application and fee for the examination, their application shall thereupon lapse and no further proceedings thereon shall be taken.

This section shall remain in effect unless it is superseded pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 10226.5.

The commissioner shall, by regulation, establish fees for applications for approval of educational courses, seminars, workshops, conference, or their equivalent, or for the evaluation of petition based on a claim of equivalency, as authorized by Section 10170.4 in an amount sufficient to cover the cost of processing such applications or petitions.

The fee for a restricted broker license shall be the same as that for an unrestricted license as provided in Section 10210.

In the case of an original applicant, the fee is payable upon filing the real estate broker license application.

10226.5, whichever is applicable.

If the licensee is a corporation, the license issued to it entitles one officer thereof, on behalf of the corporation, to engage in the business of real estate broker without the payment of any further fee, such officer to be designated in the application of the corporation for a license. For each officer other than the officer so designated, through whom it engages in the business of real estate broker, the appropriate original or renewal fee is to be paid in addition to the fee paid by the corporation.

The real estate salesperson license examination fee shall be one hundred dollars ($100), not to exceed one hundred thirty dollars ($130). The real estate salesperson license reexamination fee shall be one hundred dollars ($100), not to exceed one hundred thirty dollars ($130).

If an applicant fails to appear for the examination within two years from the date of filing their application and fee for the examination, their application shall thereupon lapse and no further proceedings thereon shall be taken.

This section shall remain in effect unless it is superseded pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 10226.5.

If an applicant for any examination fails to take the examination on the date scheduled, they may make application in writing to the principal office of the department in Sacramento for a new date. A fee of forty-five dollars ($45), not to exceed fifty-nine dollars ($59), shall accompany the written request for applying for the first new examination date in the case of a broker applicant, and a fee of forty dollars ($40), not to exceed fifty-two dollars ($52), shall accompany the written request for the first new examination date in the case of a salesperson applicant. A fee of forty-five dollars ($45), not to exceed fifty-nine dollars ($59), shall accompany the written request for all subsequent new examination dates in the case of broker applicants. A fee of forty dollars ($40), not to exceed fifty-two

dollars ($52), shall accompany the written request for all subsequent new examination dates for salesperson applicants.

This section shall remain in effect unless it is superseded pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 10226.5.

The fee for a restricted salesperson license shall be the same as that for an unrestricted license as provided in Section 10215.

In the case of an original applicant, the fee is payable upon filing the real estate salesperson license application.

subdivision (a) of Section 10226.5, whichever is applicable.

For any examination required under any order issued pursuant to the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act, the fee shall be the same as for a salesperson or broker license examination, as appropriate.

An application for a permit to sell real property securities secured by liens on real property situated outside the State of California shall be accompanied by the filing fee together with an amount equivalent to twenty-five cents ($0.25) a mile for each mile going and returning, or where public transportation is available the actual round trip fare pertaining thereto, estimated by the commissioner to be traveled from the office of the Department of Real Estate where the application is filed to the location of the property, and the amount estimated to be necessary to cover the expense of the inspection and appraisal of the property, not to exceed seventy-five dollars ($75) a day for each day actually spent in the inspection and appraisal of the property or properties.

department.

shall be effective no later than September 1 of the fiscal year wherein the commissioner is obliged to issue regulations pursuant to subdivision (b).