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LAW AND ETHICS EXAMINATION INFORMATION

After you file your application for the law and ethics examination you will be sent information from PSI on how to separately pay for and schedule the required computerized written examination.  You will then be able to schedule the written examination at your convenience.

If your Law and Ethics Examination Application is currently on file with the Board, your eligibility has been forwarded to PSI.  You will receive an information package by mail with information regarding scheduling and testing procedures.

Pursuant to Business and Professions Code 1004: Abandonment of Applications (a) An application shall be deemed to have been abandoned in any of the following circumstances:

  1. The applicant fails to submit the application, examination, or reexamination fee within 180 days after notification by the Board that such fee is due and unpaid.
  2. The applicant fails to take the licensing examination within two years after the date his application was received by the Board.
  3. The applicant, after failing the examination, fails to take a reexamination within two years after the date applicant was notified of such failure.
    (b) An application submitted subsequent to the abandonment of a former application shall be treated as a new application. Note: Authority cited: Section 1614, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section 1614, Business and Professions Code.

Abandoned applicants must complete the application as a new applicant, which includes submitting the testing fee and qualification documentation.

For more information, call Eric Rivera at (916) 263-2510 or Eric.Rivera@dca.ca.gov.