{"code":"BPC","codeName":"Business and Professions Code","section":"17502","citation":"Bus. & Prof. Code, § 17502","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 7. GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS [16000. - 18107.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-7"},{"name":"PART 3. REPRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC [17500. - 17943.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-7/part-3"},{"name":"CHAPTER 1. Advertising [17500. - 17606.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-7/part-3/chapter-1"},{"name":"ARTICLE 1. False Advertising in General [17500. - 17509.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-7/part-3/chapter-1/article-1"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 599, Sec. 3.   Effective January 1, 1999.","effective":"1999-01-01","html":"<p>This article does not apply to any visual or sound radio broadcasting station, to any internet service provider or commercial online service, or to any publisher of a newspaper, magazine, or other publication, who broadcasts or publishes, including over the Internet, an advertisement in good faith, without knowledge of its false, deceptive, or misleading character.</p>","text":"This article does not apply to any visual or sound radio broadcasting station, to any internet service provider or commercial online service, or to any publisher of a newspaper, magazine, or other publication, who broadcasts or publishes, including over the Internet, an advertisement in good faith, without knowledge of its false, deceptive, or misleading character.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/false-advertising-in-general-17502","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}