California

Business and Professions Code - BPC

10,525 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 22503.5 — This chapter does not apply to any primary contractor or seller of tickets for the primary contractor operating under a written contract with the primary contractor.
• § 22503.6 — This chapter does not apply to an officially appointed agent of an air carrier, ocean carrier or motor coach carrier who purchases or sells tickets in conjunction with a tour package accomplished thro
• § 22504 — This chapter does not apply to any person who sells six tickets or less to any one single event, provided the tickets are sold off the premises where the event is to take place, including, but not lim
• § 22505 — A violation of any provision of this chapter shall constitute a misdemeanor.
• § 22505.5 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 22503.
• § 22506 — Any partial or full deposit received by a ticket seller on a future event for which tickets are not available shall be refundable except for a service charge of not more than 10 percent until tickets
• § 22507 — (a) The ticket price of an event which is canceled shall be fully refunded to the purchaser by the ticket seller within 30 calendar days of the cancellation.
• § 22508 — A ticket seller shall disclose that a service charge is imposed by the ticket seller and is added to the actual ticket price by the seller in any advertisement or promotion for any event by the ticket
• § 22509 — Any ticket seller who includes tickets to an event in conjunction with the sale of a tour or event package, including, among other things, transportation, meals, lodging, or beverages, shall disclose
• § 2251 — The prescribing, dispensing, administering, or furnishing of liquid silicone for the purpose of injecting such substance into a human breast or mammary constitutes unprofessional conduct.
• § 22510 — Nothing in this chapter prohibits any local agency from imposing any local fees or taxes.
• § 22511 — This chapter does not apply to any nonprofit charitable tax-exempt organization selling tickets to an event sponsored by the organization.
• § 22515 — As used in this chapter, the following definitions are applicable: (a) “Money exchange house” means any individual or business engaged in the business of exchanging or dealing in the currency of the U
• § 22516 — (a) All window and exterior signs concerning the rates of exchange at a money exchange house shall clearly state the rate of exchange for both the buying and selling of dollars.
• § 22517 — It is unlawful for a money exchange house to advertise “no commission” when, in fact, a commission or fee is charged.
• § 22518 — A receipt shall be presented to each customer for each exchange, clearly stating the rate of exchange for the particular transaction, the amount of commission or fees, and the net exchange after all f
• § 22519 — A violation of this chapter is an infraction punishable by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) for the first offense, and a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) for each su
• § 22519.5 — Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to limit the effect of any other state law or any local ordinance governing money exchange house permit applications, permit denials, permit renewals, permit
• § 2252 — The violation of Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 109250) of Part 4 of Division 104 of the Health and Safety Code, or any violation of an injunction or cease and desist order issued under those prov
• § 2253 — (a) Failure to comply with the Reproductive Privacy Act (Article 2.
• § 2254 — The violation of Section 123440 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to research on aborted products of human conception, constitutes unprofessional conduct.
• § 2255 — The violation of any provision of Chapter 2.
• § 2256 — Any intentional violation of Sections 5326.
• § 2257 — The violation of Section 109275 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to informed consent for the treatment of breast cancer, constitutes unprofessional conduct.
• § 22575 — (a) An operator of a commercial Web site or online service that collects personally identifiable information through the Internet about individual consumers residing in California who use or visit its
• § 22576 — An operator of a commercial Web site or online service that collects personally identifiable information through the Web site or online service from individual consumers who use or visit the commercia
• § 22577 — For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) The term “personally identifiable information” means individually identifiable information about an individual consumer collected
• § 22578 — It is the intent of the Legislature that this chapter is a matter of statewide concern.
• § 22579 — This chapter shall become operative on July 1, 2004.
• § 2258 — The violation of Section 1708.
• § 22580 — (a) An operator of an Internet Web site, online service, online application, or mobile application directed to minors shall not market or advertise a product or a service described in subdivision (i)
• § 22581 — (a) An operator of an Internet Web site, online service, online application, or mobile application directed to minors or an operator of an Internet Web site, online service, online application, or mob
• § 22582 — This chapter shall become operative on January 1, 2015.
• § 22584 — (a) For purposes of this chapter: (1) “California Consumer Privacy Act-excluded covered information” or “CCPA-excluded covered information” means covered information that is not subject to the Califor
• § 22585 — This chapter shall become operative on January 1, 2016.
• § 22585.5 — For purposes of this chapter: (a) “Covered information” means personal information provided by an individual, or the individual’s parent or legal guardian, to a national assessment provider for the pu
• § 22585.6 — (a) A national assessment provider shall not knowingly do any of the following with respect to its administration of, or publishing or distributing the scores with respect to, a standardized test: (1)
• § 22586 — (a) For purposes of this chapter: (1) “California Consumer Privacy Act-excluded covered information” or “CCPA-excluded covered information” means covered information that is not subject to the Califor
• § 22587 — This chapter shall become operative on July 1, 2017.
• § 22588 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 22584 of the Business and Professions Code, a business providing proctoring services in an educational setting shall collect, use, retain, and disclose only the personal in
• § 22588.2 — For purposes of this chapter: (a) (1) “Content” means statements or comments made by users and media, including audio, pictures, video, and text, that are created, posted, shared, or otherwise interac
• § 22588.3 — (a) A social media platform shall disclose all social media-related threat reporting procedures for verified reporters described in subdivision (b) in the social media platform’s terms of service.
• § 22588.4 — This chapter shall become operative on January 1, 2026.
• § 22589 — For purposes of this chapter: (a) (1) “Content” means statements or comments made by users and media that are created, posted, shared, or otherwise interacted with by users on an internet-based servic
• § 22589.1 — (a) A social media platform shall disclose all cyberbullying reporting procedures in the social media platform’s terms of service.
• § 22589.2 — Notwithstanding that any individual may report cyberbullying, or any content that violates a platform’s existing terms of service related to cyberbullying, as described in paragraph (1) of subdivision
• § 22589.3 — (a) (1) Any social media platform that violates a requirement of this chapter shall be liable for ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for each violation and for compensatory damages, punitive damages, and
• § 22589.4 — This chapter shall not apply to either of the following: (a) A social media platform that is controlled by a business entity that generated less than one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) in gros
• § 2259 — (a) A physician and surgeon shall give each patient a copy of the standardized written summary, as developed pursuant to subdivision (e), describing silicone implants used in cosmetic, plastic, recons
• § 2259.5 — (a) A physician and surgeon shall give each patient a copy of the standardized written summary, as developed pursuant to subdivision (e), describing collagen injections used in cosmetic, plastic, reco
• § 2259.7 — The Medical Board of California shall adopt extraction and postoperative care standards in regard to body liposuction procedures performed by a physician and surgeon outside of a general acute care ho
• § 2259.8 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an elective cosmetic surgery procedure may not be performed on a patient unless the patient has received, within 30 days prior to the elective cosmetic
• § 22590 — As used in this chapter, a “hosting platform” means a marketplace that is created for the primary purpose of facilitating the rental of a residential unit offered for occupancy for tourist or transien
• § 22592 — A hosting platform shall provide the following notice to an offeror listing a residence for short-term rental on the hosting platform: (a) If you are a tenant who is listing a room, home, mobilehome,
• § 22594 — (a) The notice required by Section 22592 shall be in a font size that is equal to or greater than 100 percent of the standard font size of the other paragraphs on the hosting platform’s Internet Web s
• § 22598 — As used in this chapter: (a) “Clearly and conspicuously” means in a font no smaller than boldface, 14-point type, clearly separate from any other language on the page.
• § 22599 — (a) A food delivery platform shall not arrange for the delivery of an order from a food facility without first obtaining an agreement with the food facility expressly authorizing the food delivery pla
• § 22599.1 — (a) It is unlawful for a food delivery platform to do any of the following: (1) Charge a customer any purchase price for food or beverage that is higher than the price posted on the food delivery plat
• § 22599.2 — (a) A food delivery platform shall provide a full refund, including all taxes, commissions, fees, and gratuities, to the customer if an order is not delivered or the wrong order is delivered, unless t
• § 22599.3 — (a) Unless exempt pursuant to subdivision (b), a food delivery platform shall provide all of the following information to a customer on its online-enabled application or platform at the time the custo
• § 22599.6 — The provisions of this chapter are severable.
• § 2260 — (a) A physician and surgeon who removes sperm or ova from a patient shall, before the sperm or ova are used for a purpose other than reimplantation in the same patient or implantation in the spouse of
• § 2260.5 — A violation of Section 24185 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to human cloning, constitutes unprofessional conduct.
• § 22600 — (a) Every publisher shall, prior to including a telephone number for a facsimile machine in any commercial directory of telephone numbers, obtain the written consent of the subscriber who has been ass
• § 22601 — As used in this chapter: (a) “Artificial intelligence” means an engineered or machine-based system that varies in its level of autonomy and that can, for explicit or implicit objectives, infer from th
• § 22602 — (a) If a reasonable person interacting with a companion chatbot would be misled to believe that the person is interacting with a human, an operator shall issue a clear and conspicuous notification ind
• § 22603 — (a) Beginning July 1, 2027, an operator shall annually report to the office all of the following: (1) The number of times the operator has issued a crisis service provider referral notification pursua
• § 22604 — An operator shall disclose to a user of its companion chatbot platform, on the application, the browser, or any other format that a user can use to access the companion chatbot platform, that companio
• § 22605 — A person who suffers injury in fact as a result of a violation of this chapter may bring a civil action to recover all of the following relief: (a) Injunctive relief.
• § 22606 — The duties, remedies, and obligations imposed by this chapter are cumulative to the duties, remedies, or obligations imposed under other law and shall not be construed to relieve an operator from any
• § 2261 — Knowingly making or signing any certificate or other document directly or indirectly related to the practice of medicine or podiatry which falsely represents the existence or nonexistence of a state o
• § 2262 — Altering or modifying the medical record of any person, with fraudulent intent, or creating any false medical record, with fraudulent intent, constitutes unprofessional conduct.
• § 2263 — The willful, unauthorized violation of professional confidence constitutes unprofessional conduct.
• § 2264 — The employing, directly or indirectly, the aiding, or the abetting of any unlicensed person or any suspended, revoked, or unlicensed practitioner to engage in the practice of medicine or any other mod
• § 2266 — The failure of a physician and surgeon to maintain adequate and accurate records relating to the provision of services to their patients for at least seven years after the last date of service to a pa
• § 22670 — (a) (1) “Covered material” means material that meets all of the following criteria: (A) The material is an image or video created or altered through digitization that would appear to a reasonable pers
• § 22671 — A social media platform shall do all of the following: (a) Provide a mechanism that is reasonably accessible to a reporting user who is a California resident who has an account with the social media p
• § 22675 — For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “Actioned” means a social media company, due to a suspected or confirmed violation of the terms of service, has taken some form of ac
• § 22676 — (a) A social media company shall post terms of service for each social media platform owned or operated by the company in a manner reasonably designed to inform all users of the social media platform
• § 22677 — (a) On a semiannual basis in accordance with subdivision (b), a social media company shall submit to the Attorney General a terms of service report.
• § 22678 — (a) (1) A social media company that violates the provisions of this chapter shall be liable for a civil penalty not to exceed fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) per violation per day, and may be enjoi
• § 22679 — (a) The duties and obligations imposed by this chapter are cumulative to any other duties or obligations imposed under local, state, or federal law and shall not be construed to relieve any party from
• § 22680 — This chapter shall not apply to a social media company that generated less than one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) in gross revenue during the preceding calendar year.
• § 22681 — This chapter shall not be construed to apply to an internet-based service or application for which interactions between users are limited to direct messages, commercial transactions, consumer reviews
• § 22700 — This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Filante Tanning Facility Act of 1988.
• § 22701 — The Legislature finds and declares: (a) Many physicians and scientists now warn that the risks associated with suntanning are greater when tanning with artificial ultraviolet light.
• § 22702 — As used in this chapter: (a) “Tanning facility” means any location, place, area, structure, or business that provides persons access to any tanning device.
• § 22703 — This chapter does not apply to a phototherapy device used by or under the direct supervision of a licensed physician who is trained in the use of phototherapy devices.
• § 22704 — Any tanning device used by a tanning facility shall comply with all applicable federal laws and regulations.
• § 22705 — (a) A tanning facility shall give each customer, prior to the customer’s use of an ultraviolet tanning device, a written statement warning that: (1) Not wearing the eye protection provided to the cust
• § 22706 — (a) A tanning facility shall: (1) Have an operator present during operating hours who is sufficiently knowledgeable in the correct operation of the tanning devices used at the facility so that he or s
• § 22707 — If a patron is injured whereupon he or she must seek medical attention, a tanning facility shall do the following: (a) Report any injury to the department.
• § 22708 — (a) A first violation of this chapter is an infraction.
• § 2271 — Any advertising in violation of Section 17500, relating to false or misleading advertising, constitutes unprofessional conduct.
• § 2272 — Any advertising of the practice of medicine in which the licensee fails to use his or her own name or approved fictitious name constitutes unprofessional conduct.
• § 2273 — (a) Except as otherwise allowed by law, the employment of runners, cappers, steerers, or other persons to procure patients constitutes unprofessional conduct.
• § 2274 — (a) The use by any licensee of any certificate, of any letter, letters, word, words, term, or terms either as a prefix, affix, or suffix indicating that he or she is entitled to engage in a medical pr
• § 2275 — Any person who held a physician’s and surgeon’s certificate under the jurisdiction of the Osteopathic Medical Board of California and a degree of doctor of medicine issued by a medical school located
• § 22750 — For purposes of this chapter: (a) “Bakery tray” or “bakery basket” is a plastic or metal container that holds bread or other baked goods and is used by a distributor, retailer, or an agent of the dist
• § 22751 — Any person who purchases or leases a bakery tray, bakery basket, or merchandise pallet shall retain a copy of the bill of sale or other evidence that supports the purchase.
• § 22752 — As used in this chapter, an “unauthorized person” with respect to possession of a bakery tray, bakery basket, or merchandise pallet includes anyone in possession of one or more of these items, except
• § 22753 — The following acts are punishable as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 489 or in Section 490 of the Penal Code as to any bakery tray, bakery basket, or merchandise pallet described in Section 227
• § 22754 — An unauthorized person who possesses a bakery tray, bakery basket, or merchandise pallet is subject to civil action.
• § 22755 — (a) For purposes of this section, “plastic bulk merchandise container” means a plastic crate or shell used by a product producer, distributor, or retailer, or an agent of the product producer, distrib
• § 22757 — This chapter shall be known as the California AI Transparency Act.
• § 22757.1 — As used in this chapter: (a) “Artificial intelligence” or “AI” means an engineered or machine-based system that varies in its level of autonomy and that can, for explicit or implicit objectives, infer
• § 22757.10 — This chapter shall be known as the Transparency in Frontier Artificial Intelligence Act.
• § 22757.11 — For purposes of this chapter: (a) “Affiliate” means a person controlling, controlled by, or under common control with a specified person, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries.
• § 22757.12 — (a) A large frontier developer shall write, implement, comply with, and clearly and conspicuously publish on its internet website a frontier AI framework that applies to the large frontier developer’s
• § 22757.13 — (a) The Office of Emergency Services shall establish a mechanism to be used by a frontier developer or a member of the public to report a critical safety incident that includes all of the following: (
• § 22757.14 — (a) On or before January 1, 2027, and annually thereafter, the Department of Technology shall assess recent evidence and developments relevant to the purposes of this chapter and shall make recommenda
• § 22757.15 — (a) A large frontier developer that fails to publish or transmit a compliant document required to be published or transmitted under this chapter, makes a statement in violation of subdivision (e) of S
• § 22757.16 — The loss of value of equity does not count as damage to or loss of property for the purposes of this chapter.
• § 22757.2 — (a) A covered provider shall make available an AI detection tool at no cost to the user that meets all of the following criteria: (1) The tool allows a user to assess whether image, video, or audio co
• § 22757.3 — (a) A covered provider shall offer the user the option to include a manifest disclosure in image, video, or audio content, or content that is any combination thereof, created or altered by the covered
• § 22757.3.1 — (a) A large online platform shall do all of the following: (1) Detect whether any provenance data that is compliant with widely adopted specifications adopted by an established standards-setting body
• § 22757.3.2 — (a) A GenAI system hosting platform shall not knowingly make available a GenAI system that does not place disclosures pursuant to Section 22757.
• § 22757.3.3 — (a) A capture device manufacturer shall, with respect to any capture device the capture device manufacturer first produced for sale in the state on or after January 1, 2028, do both of the following:
• § 22757.4 — (a) (1) A violator of this chapter shall be liable for a civil penalty in the amount of five thousand dollars ($5,000) per violation to be collected in a civil action filed by the Attorney General, a
• § 22757.5 — This chapter does not apply to any product, service, internet website, or application that provides exclusively non-user-generated video game, television, streaming, movie, or interactive experiences.
• § 22757.6 — This chapter shall become operative on August 2, 2026.
• § 2276 — Unless the holder of any certificate provided for in this chapter has been granted the degree of doctor of osteopathy after the completion of a full course of study as prescribed by an approved osteop
• § 22760 — (a) It is unlawful to sell within this state any cordless telephone manufactured after January 1, 1992, that does not provide increased protection from unintentional line seizure and dialing, and prot
• § 22761 — (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) (A) “Smartphone” means a cellular radio telephone or other mobile voice communications handset device that includ
• § 2277 — Unless the holder of any certificate provided for in this chapter has been granted the degree of doctor of podiatric medicine after the completion of a full course of study as prescribed by a school o
• § 22770 — (a) “Cable television operator” means the person or entity providing cable television services through the cable television system.
• § 22775 — For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “Video programming” has the same meaning as defined in Section 613(h) of Title 47 of the United States Code.
• § 22776 — On and after July 1, 2026, a video streaming service that serves consumers residing in the state shall not transmit the audio of commercial advertisements louder than the video content the advertiseme
• § 22777 — This chapter does not create a private right of action.
• § 2278 — Unless a person authorized under this chapter to use the title “doctor” or the letters or prefix “Dr.
• § 22780 — (a) A commercial mail receiving agency shall not accept a Postal Service Form 1583 until positive identification has been established for the person filing the form.
• § 2280 — No licensee shall practice medicine while under the influence of any narcotic drug or alcohol to such an extent as to impair his or her ability to conduct the practice of medicine with safety to the p
• § 2281 — A physician and surgeon or a student undertaking a course of professional instruction or a clinical training program, may not perform a pelvic examination on an anesthetized or unconscious female pati
• § 2282 — The regular practice of medicine in a licensed general or specialized hospital having five or more physicians and surgeons on the medical staff, which does not have rules established by the board of d
• § 2282.5 — (a) The medical staff’s right of self-governance shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following: (1) Establishing, in medical staff bylaws, rules, or regulations, criteria and standards, c
• § 2283 — The regular practice of medicine in a licensed general or specialized hospital having less than five physicians and surgeons on the medical staff, which does not have rules established by the board of
• § 2284 — (a) A licensed physician and surgeon or a licensed podiatrist, or a group of physicians and surgeons or podiatrists, or a medical or podiatry corporation shall not share in any fee charged by an acupu
• § 2285 — The use of any fictitious, false, or assumed name, or any name other than his or her own by a licensee either alone, in conjunction with a partnership or group, or as the name of a professional corpor
• § 2286 — It shall constitute unprofessional conduct for any licensee to violate, to attempt to violate, directly or indirectly, to assist in or abet the violation of, or to conspire to violate any provision or
• § 2287 — The purchase, sale, or barter, or offering to purchase, sell, or barter any medical or podiatric degree, or any degree, diploma, certificate, affidavit, transcript, or other evidence made or purportin
• § 2288 — The impersonation of any applicant or acting as proxy for any applicant in any examination required under this chapter for a certificate constitutes unprofessional conduct.
• § 2289 — The impersonation of another licensed practitioner or permitting or allowing another person to use his or her certificate to engage in the practice of medicine or podiatric medicine constitutes unprof
• § 2290 — The provisions of Article 4 (commencing with Section 580) of Chapter 1, relating to frauds of medical records, degrees, diplomas, certificates, and transcripts are not affected by the provisions of th
• § 2290.5 — (a) For purposes of this division, the following definitions apply: (1) “Asynchronous store and forward” means the transmission of a patient’s medical information from an originating site to the healt
• § 22900 — The Legislature finds and declares that the retail distribution, sales, and rental of agricultural, construction, utility, industrial, mining, outdoor power, forestry, and lawn and garden equipment, u
• § 22901 — The following definitions apply for purposes of this chapter: (a) “Act” means the Fair Practices of Equipment Manufacturers, Distributors, Wholesalers, and Dealers Act.
• § 22902 — It shall be a violation of this chapter for a supplier to take any of the following actions: (a) To coerce or compel any dealer to order or accept delivery of any equipment or parts that the dealer ha
• § 22902.5 — Nothing in this chapter permits the offering or enforcement of a provision in a dealer contract that requires a dealer to comply with a minimum price-fixing provision or any other provision to limit c
• § 22903 — (a) This section shall only apply to a dealer contract between a dealer who is not a single-line dealer and a supplier who is not a single-line supplier.
• § 22903.1 — (a) This section shall only apply to a dealer contract between a dealer who is not a single-line dealer and a supplier who is not a single-line supplier.
• § 22903.2 — (a) This section shall only apply to dealer contracts between a single-line dealer and its single-line supplier.
• § 22903.3 — (a) If a dealer submits a warranty claim to a supplier while the dealer contract is in effect or within 60 days after the termination of the dealer contract, and if the claim is for work performed bef
• § 22904 — Every supplier shall provide to its dealers, on an annual basis, an opportunity to return a portion of their surplus parts inventory for credit.
• § 22905 — Except as provided in subdivision (p), whenever a dealer contract is terminated by cancellation or nonrenewal, the supplier shall repurchase the inventory as provided in this section.
• § 22906 — (a) A dealer, as defined in subdivision (f) of Section 22901, is not entitled to establish a lien pursuant to this act, unless that person has first sent to the lien debtor a written notice, by certif
• § 22907 — Except as otherwise provided in this act, the notice of lien shall remain in effect, and no new notice of claim of lien shall be required in order to maintain the lien, as long as the dealer remains u
• § 22908 — The lien created by this act shall be perfected and shall be effective upon the filing of a notice claim of lien with the Secretary of State.
• § 22909 — The notice of claim of lien shall contain all of the following information: (a) The name and address of the lien claimant.
• § 2291 — It is unprofessional conduct for any licensee not a member or authorized official of the board, or of the California Board of Podiatric Medicine in the case of a doctor of podiatric medicine, to sign
• § 22910 — The notice of claim of lien shall be signed by the lien claimant or by a person authorized by the claimant.
• § 22911 — The notice of a claim of lien shall be filed on a form prescribed by the Secretary of State pursuant to Section 9502 of the Commercial Code.
• § 22912 — The notice of claim of lien shall be filed, indexed, and marked in the office of the Secretary of State in the same manner as a financing statement is filed, indexed, and marked pursuant to Sections 9
• § 22913 — The lien claimant shall provide written notice of the claim of lien to the lien debtor within 10 days of the date of filing the lien with the Secretary of State.
• § 22914 — For the purpose of the Secretary of State’s index pursuant to Sections 9516 and 9519 of the Commercial Code and for the purpose of the issuance of a certificate pursuant to Section 9523 or 9528 of the
• § 22915 — The lien created pursuant to this act shall be treated according to the following: (a) Have priority in accordance with the time the notice of claim of lien is filed with the Secretary of State.
• § 22916 — A member of the public may obtain a certificate from the Secretary of State identifying whether there is a lien on file and any notice of claim of lien naming a particular debtor, and if so, giving th
• § 22917 — A member of the public may obtain a copy of any notice of an equipment repurchase lien, including notices affecting the notices from the Secretary of State.
• § 22918 — The lien claimant shall provide written notice to secured creditors at least 30 days prior to enforcing the claim of lien.
• § 22919 — The lien claimant shall foreclose on a lien created by this chapter only in an action to recover the reasonable or agreed charges.
• § 2292 — (a) A licensee may be ordered to undergo a professional competency examination if, after investigation and review by a medical expert designated by the division or the Board of Podiatric Medicine, as
• § 22920 — (a) When a lien claimant receives payment for the total amounts secured by the lien, the lien claimant shall send the lien debtor a statement relinquishing the security interest under the notice of cl
• § 22921 — (a) A lien created pursuant to this chapter is assignable or transferable by the holder of the lien, with full rights of enforcement.
• § 22922 — (a) Except to the extent specifically set forth in this act, the lien created by this act is subject to Division 9 (commencing with Section 9101) of the Commercial Code.
• § 22923 — The Secretary of State may adopt any regulations necessary to carry out his or her duties pursuant to this chapter, including prescribing necessary forms.
• § 22924 — (a) In the event of the death or incapacity of the dealer, which in this context shall mean an owner, equal or majority partner, or the majority stockholder of a corporation, operating as a dealer, th
• § 22925 — Any dealer may bring an action against a supplier in any court of competent jurisdiction for damages sustained by the dealer as a consequence of the supplier’s violation of any provisions of this chap
• § 22926 — If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this act which can be given
• § 22927 — This act shall apply to dealer contracts in effect on the effective date of this act that have no expiration date and that are continuing contracts, and all other dealer contracts entered into or rene
• § 22928 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that unilateral termination, suspension, or restriction of equipment interchange rights of a motor carrier shall not result from intermodal marine terminal or in
• § 2293 — (a) The professional competency examination shall be in the form of an oral clinical examination to be administered by three physician examiners selected by the division or its designee, who shall tes
• § 22930 — (a) If a nonprofit organization engaged in any solicitation of personal property or sales solicitation for charitable purposes, or a commercial fundraiser, as defined in Section 12599 of the Governmen
• § 2294 — (a) If the division proceeds pursuant to the provisions of Sections 2292 and 2293 and the physician passes the professional competency examination administered, the division shall be precluded from fi
• § 22940 — It shall be unlawful for any business to use words expressly referencing an individual’s marital status as part of the individual’s mailing address on a billing statement, related correspondence, encl
• § 22941 — Any violation of this chapter shall be punishable by a civil penalty of up to two hundred fifty dollars ($250) for each violation.
• § 22942 — (a) A person who manufactures a foil balloon in this state shall comply with all of the following: (1) Permanently mark each foil balloon with a printed statement, written in a legible font size and l
• § 22942.5 — (a) A person who violates or attempts to violate Section 22942 may be enjoined in any court of competent jurisdiction.
• § 22943 — For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “Advertisement” means an advertisement about, or an offer of, the sale of cannabis or a cannabis product.
• § 22943.2 — (a) An online cannabis marketplace shall address in its terms of service both of the following: (1) Whether the online cannabis marketplace permits advertisements from, or business information about,
• § 22943.4 — (a) If an online cannabis marketplace does not verify that a seller of cannabis or cannabis products is licensed as described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 22943.
• § 22943.6 — This chapter shall become operative on July 1, 2026.
• § 22944 — For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “Advertisement” means an advertisement about, or an offer of, a sale of an intoxicating hemp product.
• § 22944.2 — (a) (1) An online hemp marketplace shall establish a clear and conspicuous mechanism within its internet-based service that allows any individual, whether or not that individual has a profile on the i
• § 22944.4 — This chapter shall become operative on July 1, 2026.
• § 22945 — (a) For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (1) (A) “Content” means statements or comments made by users and media that are created, posted, shared, or otherwise interacted with
• § 22945.5 — (a) (1) A person may seek an order requiring a social media platform to remove content that includes an offer to transport, import into this state, sell, furnish, administer, or give away a controlled
• § 22945.7 — Nothing in this chapter alters the rights or obligations established in any other law, including, but not limited to, the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (Chapter 3.
• § 22945.9 — This chapter shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2028, and as of that date is repealed.
• § 22946 — As used in this chapter: (a) “Law enforcement agency” means a law enforcement agency in the state.
• § 22946.1 — (a) A social media platform shall maintain a law enforcement contact process that does all of the following: (1) Makes available a staffed hotline for law enforcement personnel for purposes of receivi