Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in California

I suppose that the answer to your question depends on what she will be testifying to. If she is appearing in Court as a representative of the management company - a witness to events that transpired as they relate to your tenancy, then she is a competent witness. Her lack of a broker is a 'license issue,' not necessarily and issue that relates to the question of her competence as a witness. On the other hand, if she is there in lieu of the broker - in other words, the testimony she is to give would generally be required from the broker running the business, then she may not be a competent witness. Bring up the issue with the Court, as I think operating a property management company without a qualifying broker does go to the question of her honesty and integrity - she is knowingly operating the business in violation of her licensing law. It is very, very common in landlord-tenant matters for a salesperson to appear at, and testify competently in Court to matters related to tenants in properties they manage. It is not required, for instance, in an eviction or lawsuit over a security deposit, that the broker appear and testify in court - in fact, the broker may have less knowledge of the events leading up to the lawsuit than the salesperson who actually manages the property. Good luck - I don't think the Court will prevent her from testifying, but may attribute less weight to her testimony if you properly raise the issue of her working without a qualifying broker.

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