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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17537.10
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17537.10
(a) It is unlawful for any person, firm, corporation, association, or any other business entity to make any untrue or misleading statements in any manner in connection with the offering or performance of a grant deed copy service. For the purpose of this section, an “untrue or mi
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17537.11
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17537.11
(a) It is unlawful for any person to offer a coupon that is in any manner untrue or misleading. (b) It is unlawful for any person to offer a coupon described as “free” or as a “gift,” “prize,” or other similar term if (1) the recipient of the coupon is required to pay money or bu
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17537.12
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17537.12
(a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the Truth in Music Advertising Act. (b) As used in this section, the following terms have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) “Performing group” means a vocal or instrumental group seeking
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17537.15
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17537.15
(a) For purposes of this section, “floral or ornamental products or services” means floral arrangements, cut flowers, floral bouquets, potted plants, balloons, floral designs, and related products and services. (b) For the purposes of this section, “local telephone number” means
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17537.2
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17537.2
The following, when used as part of an advertising plan or program defined in Section 17537.1, are deceptive and constitute unfair trade practices: (a) When, in order to utilize the incentive, the recipient is requested to pay any money to any person or entity named or referred t
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17537.3
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17537.3
The following acts are prohibited: (a) For any person to offer as part of an advertising plan or program, promotional offers of smokeless tobacco products which require proof of purchase of a smokeless tobacco product unless it carries a designation that the offer is not availabl
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17537.4
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17537.4
If the person making an offer subject to Section 17537 or to subdivision (a) of Section 17537.1, or any employee, agent, or independent contractor employed or authorized by that person, violates any provision of Section 17537, 17537.1, or 17537.2, the recipient of the offer who i
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17537.5
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17537.5
(a) It is unlawful for any person soliciting a sale or order for energy conservation products or services, including over the Internet, to do any of the following: (1) Make false claims of affiliation or association with an electrical or gas corporation or municipally owned and o
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17537.6
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17537.6
(a) It is unlawful for any person to make any untrue or misleading statements in any manner in connection with the offering or performance of a homestead filing service. For the purpose of this section, an “untrue or misleading statement” means and includes any representation tha
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17537.7
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17537.7
Except as to communications described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (n) of Section 11713.1 of the Vehicle Code, it is unlawful for any person to use the terms “invoice,” “dealer invoice,” “wholesale price,” or similar terms that refer to a dealer’s cost for a motor vehicle in a
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17537.8
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17537.8
(a) It is unlawful for any person to make any untrue or misleading statements in any manner in connection with the offering or performance of a homeowners’ exemption filing service. For the purpose of this section, an “untrue or misleading statement” includes, but is not limited
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17537.9
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17537.9
(a) It is unlawful for any person to make any untrue or misleading statements in any manner in connection with the offering or performance of an assessment reduction filing service. For the purposes of this section, an “untrue or misleading statement” includes, but is not limited
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17538
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17538
(a) It is unlawful in the sale or lease or offering for sale or lease of goods or services, for any person conducting sales or leases by telephone, the Internet or other electronic means of communication, mail order, or catalog in this state, including, but not limited to, the of
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17538.3
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17538.3
The provisions of Section 17538 do not apply to any of the following, except that subdivisions (d) and (e) of Section 17538 shall apply to subdivisions (a), (b), (c), and (d) of this section: (a) To instances in which all advertising for goods or services contains a notice as to
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17538.35
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17538.35
(a) Unless otherwise permitted by law or contract, any provider of electronic mail service shall provide each customer with notice at least 30 days before permanently terminating the customer’s electronic mail address. (b) No contract for electronic mail service may permit termin
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17538.41
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17538.41
(a) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (b), (c), (d), or (e), no person, entity conducting business, candidate, or political committee in this state shall transmit, or cause to be transmitted, a text message advertisement to a mobile telephony services handset, pager, or two-w
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17538.43
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17538.43
(a) As used in this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Telephone facsimile machine” means equipment that has the capacity to do either or both of the following: (A) Transcribe text or images, or both, from paper into an electronic signal and to transmi
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17538.45
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17538.45
(a) For purposes of this section, the following words have the following meanings: (1) “Electronic mail advertisement” means any electronic mail message, the principal purpose of which is to promote, directly or indirectly, the sale or other distribution of goods or services to t
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17538.5
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17538.5
(a) It is unlawful in the sale or offering for sale of consumer goods or services for any person conducting, any business in this state which utilizes a post office box address, a private mailbox receiving service, or a street address representing a site used for the receipt or d
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17538.6
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17538.6
(a) It is unlawful for any person conducting business in this state to require or request a consumer to issue a postdated check unless (1) the person accepting the check advises the consumer in writing that the check may be cashed immediately, notwithstanding the postdating, unle
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17538.7
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17538.7
(a) It is unlawful for a seller to advertise any payment, number of payments, or period of repayment for any goods, property, or services purchased through an extension of consumer credit under an open-end credit plan accepted for purchases by more than one seller unless the sell
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17538.8
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17538.8
Any advertisement that offers free or discounted transportation or certificates to obtain transportation and that requires the consumer to purchase accommodations through or from a particular source, or any advertisement that offers free or discounted accommodations or certificat
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17538.9
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17538.9
(a) For the purposes of this section: (1) “Ancillary charges” means all surcharges, taxes, fees, connection charges, maintenance fees, monthly or other periodic fees, per-call access fees, or other assessments or charges of any kind, however denominated, that may be imposed in co
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17539
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17539
The Legislature finds that there is a compelling need for more complete disclosure of rules and operation of contests in which money or other valuable consideration may be solicited; that current methods of disclosure are inadequate and create misunderstandings as to the true req
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17539.1
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17539.1
(a) The following unfair acts or practices undertaken by, or omissions of, any person in the operation of any contest or sweepstakes are prohibited: (1) Failing to clearly and conspicuously disclose, at the time of the initial contest solicitation, at the time of each precontest