ARTICLE 1. False Advertising in General [17500. - 17509.]
Article 1 added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 63.
§§ 17500–17509 · 15 sections
- § 17500 It is unlawful for any person, firm, corporation or association, or any employee thereof with intent directly or indirectly to dispose of real or personal…
- § 17500.1 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no trade or professional association, or state agency, state board, or state commission within the Department of…
- § 17500.3 (a) It is unlawful for any person to solicit a sale or order for sale of goods or services at the residence of a prospective buyer, in person or by means of…
- § 17500.5 (a) It is unlawful for any person, firm, corporation or association to falsely represent by advertisement the quantity of any article so advertised that will…
- § 17500.6 (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Clear and conspicuous” means in a manner that clearly calls attention to the language,…
- § 17501 For the purpose of this article the worth or value of any thing advertised is the prevailing market price, wholesale if the offer is at wholesale, retail if…
- § 17502 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…
- § 17504 (a) Any person, partnership, corporation, firm, joint stock company, association, or organization engaged in business in this state as a retail seller who…
- § 17505 No person shall state, in an advertisement of his goods, that he is a producer, manufacturer, processor, wholesaler, or importer, or that he owns or controls a…
- § 17505.2 (a) It is unlawful for a person to represent himself or herself as a recreation therapist, to represent the services he or she performs as recreation therapy,…
- § 17506 As used in this chapter, “person” includes any individual, partnership, firm, association, or corporation.
- § 17506.5 As used in this chapter: (a) “Board within the Department of Consumer Affairs” includes any commission, bureau, division, or other similarly constituted agency…
- § 17507 It is unlawful for any person, firm, corporation or association to make an advertising claim or representation pertaining to more than one article of…
- § 17508 (a) It shall be unlawful for any person doing business in California and advertising to consumers in California to make any false or misleading advertising…
- § 17509 (a) Any advertisement, including any advertisement over the Internet, soliciting the purchase or lease of a product or service, or any combination thereof,…