California · Business and Professions Code - BPC
BPC §149: (a) If, upon investigation, an agency designated in Section 101 has probable cause to believe that a person is advertising with respect to the offering or performance of services, without being proper
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An agency may issue a citation requiring a person advertising unlicensed services to cease the advertising and notify their telephone company to disconnect numbers used in that advertising.
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