Consumers
Complaints
- File a clinical laboratory complaint
- File a complaint - California Department of Corporations - File a complaint against:
- Securities professionals, such as securities brokers and agents, investment advisers, and financial planners
- Finance lenders and brokers offering personal or commercial loans
- Bill payers, check sellers, and proraters, including consumer credit counselors
- Mortgage lenders and servicers
- Escrow agents
- The offer and sale of certain securities and investments, such as stocks, bonds, notes, limited partnership interests or other types of investment vehicles or investment contracts
- Franchises
- Off-exchange commodities transactions
- File a complaint - California Public Utilities Commission - File a complaint against a company that provides telephone, energy, or water service.
- File a complaint about a contractor - Contractors State License Board
- File a complaint against your health plan - Department of Managed Health Care
- File a complaint or comment about a business - California Department of Consumer Affairs
- Report gas gouging - Office of the Attorney General
- Request an Independent Medical Review - Department of Managed Health Care
Housing
- California Housing Finance Agency
- Check financial services companies - Department of Corporations
- Find an appraiser - Office of Real Estate Appraisers
- Housing and Community Development
- Multiple license lookup - Department of Corporations, Department of Financial Institutions, Department of Real Estate, and the Office of Real Estate Appraisers
- Property searches
Licenses
- Apply for or renew your professional license - Department of Consumer Affairs
- Check agent/broker licenses - Department of Insurance
- Check status of a real estate license - Department of Real Estate
- Check the status of an EMT Certification or Paramedic License – Emergency Medical Services Authority
- Search for state financial institutions - California Department of Financial Institutions
- Search licenses - California State Horse Racing Board
- Verify a license - Alcoholic Beverage Control
- Verify a professional license - Department of Consumer Affairs
Other
- Apply for assistance - California HealthCare Foundation
- Car cost comparison calculator - Department of Corporations
- Car payments calculator - Department of Corporations
- Get help saving money - WebConnector.net
- Get winning numbers - State Lottery
- Look up pesticide use - Department of Pesticide Regulation
- Look up pesticides - Department of Pesticide Regulation
- Shop for insurance (online rate comparisons) - Department of Insurance
- Sign up for consumer updates - Department of Consumer Affairs
- View online unclaimed property auction - State Controller's Office
Search
- Attorneys - State Bar of California
- Businesses - Secretary of State
- Charities - Department of Justice
- Commercial fundraisers - Department of Justice
- Company profiles - Department of Insurance
- Court Forms - California Courts
- Credit counseling agency - California Department of Corporations
- Financial institutions - Department of Financial Institutions
- Financial services - Department of Corporations
- Insurance companies - Department of Insurance
- Lawyer referral services -State Bar of California
- Legal aid referrals and self-help resources - LawHelpCalifornia.org
- Legal specialists - State Bar of California
- Lottery retailers - State Lottery
- Money managers, financial planners, other investment advisers - California Department of Corporations
- Publicly traded corporations - Secretary of State
- Restaurant inspections - by county
- Search for a professional license - Department of Consumer Affairs
- Securities broker - California Department of Corporations
- Surety bond insurance companies - Contractors State License Board
- Unclaimed property - State Controllers Office




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