{"code":"BPC","codeName":"Business and Professions Code","section":"7592.3","citation":"Bus. & Prof. Code, § 7592.3","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 3. PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY [5000. - 9998.12.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-3"},{"name":"CHAPTER 11.6. Alarm Companies [7590. - 7599.80.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-3/chapter-11.6"},{"name":"ARTICLE 3. Application of Chapter [7592. - 7592.9.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-3/chapter-11.6/article-3"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1210, Sec. 12.","effective":null,"html":"<p>Any person who engages in any business regulated by this chapter, who acts as or represents himself or herself to be a licensee under this chapter, who falsely represents that he or she is employed by a licensee, or who carries a badge, identification card, or business card, or uses a letterhead or advertises that he or she is a licensee under this chapter, unless such person is licensed under this chapter, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and is punishable by a fine of one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment.</p>","text":"Any person who engages in any business regulated by this chapter, who acts as or represents himself or herself to be a licensee under this chapter, who falsely represents that he or she is employed by a licensee, or who carries a badge, identification card, or business card, or uses a letterhead or advertises that he or she is a licensee under this chapter, unless such person is licensed under this chapter, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and is punishable by a fine of one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/application-of-chapter-7592-3","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}