{"code":"CIV","codeName":"Civil Code","section":"1798.503","citation":"Civ. Code, § 1798.503","status":"not-in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 3. OBLIGATIONS [1427. - 3273.91.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-3"},{"name":"PART 4. OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS [1738. - 3273.91.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-3/part-4"},{"name":"TITLE 1.81.9. Digital Age Assurance Act [1798.500. - 1798.505.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-3/part-4/title-1.81.9"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 675, Sec. 1.   (AB 1043)   Effective January 1, 2026.   Operative January 1, 2027, pursuant to Section 1798.505.","effective":"2026-01-01","html":"<p>(a) A person that violates this title shall be subject to an injunction and liable for a civil penalty of not more than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) per affected child for each negligent violation or not more than seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500) per affected child for each intentional violation, which shall be assessed and recovered only in a civil action brought in the name of the people of the State of California by the Attorney General.</p><p>(b) An operating system provider or a covered application store that makes a good faith effort to comply with this title, taking into consideration available technology and any reasonable technical limitations or outages, shall not be liable for an erroneous signal indicating a user’s age range or any conduct by a developer that receives a signal indicating a user’s age range.</p>","text":"(a) A person that violates this title shall be subject to an injunction and liable for a civil penalty of not more than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) per affected child for each negligent violation or not more than seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500) per affected child for each intentional violation, which shall be assessed and recovered only in a civil action brought in the name of the people of the State of California by the Attorney General. (b) An operating system provider or a covered application store that makes a good faith effort to comply with this title, taking into consideration available technology and any reasonable technical limitations or outages, shall not be liable for an erroneous signal indicating a user’s age range or any conduct by a developer that receives a signal indicating a user’s age range.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/digital-age-assurance-act-1798-503","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}