California · Business and Professions Code - BPC

BPC §19279.3: Every corporation or person who knowingly and willfully issues, publishes, or affixes, or causes or permits the issuance, publishing, or affixing, of any oral or written advertisement, broadcast, or o

Misdemeanor

What this law says, in plain English

A person or corporation that knowingly advertises itself as a household mover without a valid permit commits a misdemeanor punishable by a fine up to $2,500.

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Every corporation or person who knowingly and willfully issues, publishes, or affixes, or causes or permits the issuance, publishing, or affixing, of any oral or written advertisement, broadcast, or other holding out to the public, or any portion thereof, that the corporation or person is in operation as a household mover without having a valid permit issued under this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500).

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