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2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 6 - BUSINESS RIGHTS › CHAPTER 3 - Trade Names and Designations › ARTICLE 2 - Container Brands › Section 14426.

14426. Any corporation or association whose members might register a brand under this article, may itself register a brand under this article.
As used in this article, “member of a registrant” means a member who would be entitled to register the same brand under this article.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 59.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 6 - BUSINESS RIGHTS › CHAPTER 3 - Trade Names and Designations › ARTICLE 2 - Container Brands › Section 14427.

14427. Any person, who is engaged in the manufacture, packing, canning, bottling, or selling of any substance in containers with his or her name, or other mark or device impressed or produced thereon, or whose equipment or supplies, owned by and used in his or her business, bears a name or other mark or device impressed or produced thereon, may file in the office of the Secretary of State after payment of the fee set forth in subdivision (d) of Section 12193 of the Government Code, a description of the name, mark, or device so used, as a brand.
(Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 1000, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 6 - BUSINESS RIGHTS › CHAPTER 3 - Trade Names and Designations › ARTICLE 2 - Container Brands › Section 14429.

14429. There shall be included as a part of each brand the words, “Registered in California,” or the abbreviation, “Reg. Cal.”
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 59.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 6 - BUSINESS RIGHTS › CHAPTER 3 - Trade Names and Designations › ARTICLE 2 - Container Brands › Section 14430.

14430. It is unlawful for any person except a person named in subdivision (a) to do any of the acts named in subdivision (b).
(a) Persons excepted:
(1) The owner of the brand which has been filed in accordance with this article.
(2) The registrant.
(3) Members of any corporation or association which is the registrant.
(4) A person who has the written consent of the registrant describing the containers, equipment or supplies to which it applies.
(5) A person who has purchased the container, equipment or supplies from the owner of the brand appearing thereon.
(b) Prohibited acts:
(1) Possessing, using, or filling with any substance any container.
(2) Obliterating or concealing the brand on any container, supplies or equipment.
(3) Selling, buying, giving, taking or otherwise trafficking in any container, equipment, or supplies.
(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 194, Sec. 4.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 6 - BUSINESS RIGHTS › CHAPTER 3 - Trade Names and Designations › ARTICLE 2 - Container Brands › Section 14431.

14431. The use by any person other than the registrant, or owner of the brand and other than the members of the registrant of any container, supplies or equipment, without the written consent provided for in this article, or the possession by any junk dealer, or dealer in secondhand articles, of any containers, supplies or equipment, is presumptive evidence of unlawful use of or traffic in such containers, supplies, or equipment.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 59.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 6 - BUSINESS RIGHTS › CHAPTER 3 - Trade Names and Designations › ARTICLE 2 - Container Brands › Section 14432.

14432. Any person acquiring containers, supplies or equipment, by purchase or other lawful means, and having the written consent provided for in this article is not required again to file the description, but acquires as a part of his or her purchase all benefit that the vendor has.
(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 194, Sec. 5.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 6 - BUSINESS RIGHTS › CHAPTER 3 - Trade Names and Designations › ARTICLE 2 - Container Brands › Section 14433.

14433. The acceptance by the owner, or any person lawfully entitled to their use, of any money as a deposit to secure the safekeeping and return of containers, equipment or supplies does not constitute a sale of the containers, supplies or equipment, either optional or otherwise, in any proceeding under this article.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 59.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 6 - BUSINESS RIGHTS › CHAPTER 3 - Trade Names and Designations › ARTICLE 2 - Container Brands › Section 14434.

14434. It is the duty of every person who finds or receives in the regular course of business or in any other manner, any containers, supplies or equipment to make diligent effort to find the owner and return the containers, supplies or equipment to him.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 59.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 6 - BUSINESS RIGHTS › CHAPTER 3 - Trade Names and Designations › ARTICLE 2 - Container Brands › Section 14435.

14435. (a) Whenever any registrant or any member of the registrant takes an oath before any magistrate that he has reason to believe, and does believe, that any of the containers, supplies or equipment mentioned in this article, are being unlawfully sold, filled or used, or are secreted in any place, the magistrate shall issue a search warrant to discover and obtain them;
(b) The magistrate may cause to be brought before him, the person in whose possession the containers, equipment or supplies are found, and if he finds that the person has been guilty of a violation of this article, he shall impose the punishment prescribed in this article, and also award the possession of the containers, equipment or supplies taken upon the search warrant to the owner, or to the corporation or association of which the owner is a member.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 59.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 6 - BUSINESS RIGHTS › CHAPTER 3 - Trade Names and Designations › ARTICLE 2 - Container Brands › Section 14436.

14436. The violation of any of the provisions of this article is a misdemeanor, punishable:
(a) For the first offense by imprisonment for not less than 10 days nor more than six months or by a fine of fifty dollars ($50) for each and every container, or article of supply or equipment so filled, sold, used, disposed of, held, bought or trafficked in, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
(b) For each subsequent offense by imprisonment for not less than 20 days nor more than one year, or by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100) for each and every container, or article of supply or equipment so filled, sold, used, disposed of, held, bought or trafficked in, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 194, Sec. 6.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 6 - BUSINESS RIGHTS › CHAPTER 3 - Trade Names and Designations › ARTICLE 2 - Container Brands › Section 14437.

14437. Every brand registered and published under Chapter 431 of the Statutes of 1921, as amended, prior to the effective date of Chapter 1162 of the Statutes of 1931, and all containers, equipment and supplies bearing such a brand shall be entitled to all the protection and benefits of this chapter, and it is not necessary for any such brand to be changed or reregistered on account of the provisions of Chapter 1162 of the Statutes of 1931 and the provisions of this article which constitute a restatement and continuation thereof.
(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 194, Sec. 7.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 6 - BUSINESS RIGHTS › CHAPTER 3 - Trade Names and Designations › ARTICLE 2 - Container Brands › Section 14438.

14438. Any registrant whose containers, equipment or supplies are involved in any violation of the provisions of this article may sue the person or persons who violated said provisions and, upon proof of such violation, shall recover threefold the replacement cost new of the containers, equipment or supplies so involved and costs of suit including a reasonable attorney’s fee. No action shall be brought under this section or Section 14436 against a person who obtained possession of the containers, equipment or supplies pursuant to a contract with the registrant for the delivery of agricultural commodities, unless such person has failed to return to the registrant such containers, equipment and supplies to the point of delivery within 10 days after receipt of a demand for such return sent by registered mail to such person by the registrant.
(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 194, Sec. 8.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 6 - BUSINESS RIGHTS › CHAPTER 3 - Trade Names and Designations › ARTICLE 3 - Farm Names › Section 14461.

14461. Any farm owner or lessee in this state may register the name of his or her farm with the Secretary of State, and the Secretary of State shall issue a certificate setting forth the name and location of the farm and the name of the owner upon payment of the fee as set forth in subdivision (g) of Section 12193 of the Government Code.
(Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 1000, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 6 - BUSINESS RIGHTS › CHAPTER 3 - Trade Names and Designations › ARTICLE 3 - Farm Names › Section 14462.

14462. Any person selling or marketing the products grown on a farm may use the name of the farm as a trade-mark on the products of the farm, in the same manner as provided for other trade-marks, and subject to the same rights and duties, as provided in this code.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 59.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 6 - BUSINESS RIGHTS › CHAPTER 3 - Trade Names and Designations › ARTICLE 3 - Farm Names › Section 14464.

14464. When any name has been registered as the name of any farm, that name shall not be registered as the name of any other farm in this State, unless designating words have been prefixed or added thereto. The Secretary of State shall register such name only for the person entitled thereto.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 59.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 6 - BUSINESS RIGHTS › CHAPTER 3 - Trade Names and Designations › ARTICLE 3 - Farm Names › Section 14465.

14465. Any person who registers as his own, any name already in use in this State, knowing that the name is already adopted as the name of a farm, or makes use of the name when regularly registered and in use by any other person entitled thereto under this article is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 59.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 6 - BUSINESS RIGHTS › CHAPTER 3 - Trade Names and Designations › ARTICLE 4 - Laundry Supply Designations › Section 14480.

14480. As used in this article:
(a) “Registrant” means any person who files and publishes a name, mark or device under this article.
(b) “Supplies” means supplies bearing a name, mark or device filed and published under this article.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 59.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 6 - BUSINESS RIGHTS › CHAPTER 3 - Trade Names and Designations › ARTICLE 4 - Laundry Supply Designations › Section 14481.

14481. Any person engaged in the business of supplying clean laundered garments, towels, table linen or other articles, the property of the supplier, in a regular service, periodically exchanging clean articles for soiled for a fixed compensation, may adopt and use a name or other mark or device woven, impressed or produced thereon as an indicium of ownership, and may register the name, mark or device by filing and publishing it under this article.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 59.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 6 - BUSINESS RIGHTS › CHAPTER 3 - Trade Names and Designations › ARTICLE 4 - Laundry Supply Designations › Section 14482.

14482. In order to register a name, mark or device under this article, the supplier shall do all of the following:
(a) File in the office of the Secretary of State a description of the names, marks, or devices so used.
(b) Cause the description of the name, mark or device to be printed once a week for three successive weeks in a newspaper published in the county in which the principal place of business of the supplier is located.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 506, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 6 - BUSINESS RIGHTS › CHAPTER 3 - Trade Names and Designations › ARTICLE 4 - Laundry Supply Designations › Section 14483.

14483. The registrant shall pay to the Secretary of State for filing each laundry supply designation described and for issuing a certificate of filing a fee as set forth in subdivision (e) of Section 12193 of the Government Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 506, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 6 - BUSINESS RIGHTS › CHAPTER 3 - Trade Names and Designations › ARTICLE 4 - Laundry Supply Designations › Section 14484.

14484. It is unlawful for any persons except a person named in subdivision (a) to do any of the acts named in subdivision (b):
(a) Persons excepted:
(1) The registrant.
(2) A person who has the written consent of the registrant.
(3) A person who has purchased the supplies from the registrant.
(b) Prohibited acts:
(1) Selling, buying, renting, giving, taking or otherwise trafficking in any supplies bearing a name, mark or device filed and published under this article.
(2) Obliterating or otherwise covering up, concealing or removing a name, mark or device filed and published under this article, from such supplies.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 59.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 6 - BUSINESS RIGHTS › CHAPTER 3 - Trade Names and Designations › ARTICLE 4 - Laundry Supply Designations › Section 14485.

14485. The acceptance by the registrant of any sum of money as a deposit to secure the safekeeping and return of the supplies does not constitute a sale of the supplies either optional or otherwise, in any proceeding under this article.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 59.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 6 - BUSINESS RIGHTS › CHAPTER 3 - Trade Names and Designations › ARTICLE 4 - Laundry Supply Designations › Section 14486.

14486. The use by any person, other than the registrant of any supplies without the written consent provided in this article or the possession of supplies so marked by any junk dealer or dealer of secondhand articles is presumptive evidence of unlawful use of or traffic in such supplies.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 59.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 6 - BUSINESS RIGHTS › CHAPTER 3 - Trade Names and Designations › ARTICLE 4 - Laundry Supply Designations › Section 14487.

14487. Any person or any member of any firm, corporation or association acquiring supplies by purchase or other lawful means and having the written consent provided for in this article, is not required again to file and publish the description but shall, as to supplies described in the written consent, acquire as part of the purchase all such rights and benefits as the vendor has under this article.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 59.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 6 - BUSINESS RIGHTS › CHAPTER 3 - Trade Names and Designations › ARTICLE 4 - Laundry Supply Designations › Section 14488.

14488. It is the duty of every person who finds or receives in the regular course of business or in any other manner, any supplies to make diligent effort to find the owner and restore or return the supplies.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 59.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 6 - BUSINESS RIGHTS › CHAPTER 3 - Trade Names and Designations › ARTICLE 4 - Laundry Supply Designations › Section 14489.

14489. Whenever the registrant or any member of any corporation or association which is the registrant takes an oath before any magistrate that he has reason to believe and does believe that any supplies are being unlawfully used, sold or secreted in any place, the magistrate shall issue a search warrant to discover and obtain the supplies and may also bring before him the person in whose possession the articles are found.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 59.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 6 - BUSINESS RIGHTS › CHAPTER 3 - Trade Names and Designations › ARTICLE 4 - Laundry Supply Designations › Section 14490.

14490. If the magistrate finds that any person brought before him has been guilty of a violation of this article he shall impose the punishment prescribed in this article and also award the possession of the property taken upon the search warrant to the owner.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 59.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 6 - BUSINESS RIGHTS › CHAPTER 3 - Trade Names and Designations › ARTICLE 4 - Laundry Supply Designations › Section 14491.

14491. The violation of any of the provisions of this article is a misdemeanor, except that if the violation consists of unlawfully using, selling, or secreting in any place supplies of a value exceeding nine hundred fifty dollars ($950), the violation is a felony.
(Amended by Stats. 2009, 3rd Ex. Sess., Ch. 28, Sec. 1. (SB 18 3x) Effective January 25, 2010.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 6 - BUSINESS RIGHTS › CHAPTER 3 - Trade Names and Designations › ARTICLE 5 - Names Other Than Trade Names › Section 14492.

14492. As used in this article, the following terms have the meanings set forth in this section unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) “Organization” includes any lodge, order, beneficial association, fraternal or beneficial society or association, historical, military, or veterans organization, labor union, or any other similar society, organization, or association or degree, branch, subordinate lodge, or auxiliary thereof.
(b) “Name and Ownership.” Name is that name that has first been adopted and used by an organization within or beyond the limits of this state, which name has been registered in the Office of the Secretary of State, and the name of any organization that has complied with Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 17900) of Part 3 of Division 7, unless the name conflicts with a name duly registered in the Office of the Secretary of State prior to the compliance with those provisions, and any organization that has so first adopted and used the name is its original owner.
(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 538, Sec. 21. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 6 - BUSINESS RIGHTS › CHAPTER 3 - Trade Names and Designations › ARTICLE 5 - Names Other Than Trade Names › Section 14493.

14493. Any court of competent jurisdiction may restrain by injunction: the use of the name of any organization in a commercial venture, trade or business, or in the solicitation of subscriptions for or sale of any newspaper, book, or other publication, or in the solicitation of advertising in any newspaper, book, or other publication or in the solicitation of, donations, aid, or other benefits by any other person, firm, or corporation representing directly or indirectly that such commercial venture, trade or business, newspaper or book or other publication or donation or solicitation for donation, is sponsored, endorsed or being offered by the organization owning such name, unless the person, firm, or corporation so using the name is entitled to use the name under the constitution, by-laws or rules of the organization owning such name, or by the written consent of such organization so owning the name to such use.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1931.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 6 - BUSINESS RIGHTS › CHAPTER 3 - Trade Names and Designations › ARTICLE 5 - Names Other Than Trade Names › Section 14494.

14494. In any action under Section 14493 it is not necessary to allege or prove actual damages or the threat thereof or actual injury or the threat thereof, to the plaintiff, but in addition to injunctive relief, any plaintiff in any such action is entitled to recover the amount of the actual damages, if any, sustained by such plaintiff.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1931.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 6 - BUSINESS RIGHTS › CHAPTER 3 - Trade Names and Designations › ARTICLE 5 - Names Other Than Trade Names › Section 14495.

14495. The use of the name of any organization by any person, firm, or corporation not entitled to use the same under the constitution, by-laws, rules or regulations of the organization which owns the name or by the written consent of such organization, is presumptive evidence of the unlawful use or traffic in such name.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1931.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 6 - BUSINESS RIGHTS › CHAPTER 4 - Solicitations for Financial Services › Section 14700.

14700. (a) “Lender” as used in this chapter means a bank, savings and loan association, savings bank, credit union, industrial bank, or other lender licensed to make loans in California or a subsidiary or an affiliate of one of those entities.
(b) “Financial services” as used in this chapter means financial services or products that are considered to be financial in nature as described in Section 1843(k) of Title 12 of the United States Code.
(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 197, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 6 - BUSINESS RIGHTS › CHAPTER 4 - Solicitations for Financial Services › Section 14701.

14701. (a) No person shall include the name, trade name, logo, or tagline of a lender in a written solicitation for financial services directed to a consumer who has obtained a loan from the lender without the consent of the lender, unless the solicitation clearly and conspicuously states that the person is not sponsored by or affiliated with the lender and that the solicitation is not authorized by the lender, which shall be identified by name. This statement shall be made in close proximity to, and in the same or larger font size as, the first and the most prominent use or uses of the name, trade name, logo, or tagline in the solicitation, including on an envelope or through an envelope window containing the solicitation.
(b) No person shall use the name of a lender or a name similar to that of a lender in a solicitation for financial services directed to consumers if that use could cause a reasonable person to be confused, mistaken, or deceived initially or otherwise as to either of the following:
(1) The lender’s sponsorship, affiliation, connection, or association with the person using the name.
(2) The lender’s approval or endorsement of the person using the name or the person’s services or products.
(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 197, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 6 - BUSINESS RIGHTS › CHAPTER 4 - Solicitations for Financial Services › Section 14702.

14702. No person shall include a consumer’s loan number or loan amount, whether or not publicly available, in a solicitation for services or products without the consent of the consumer, unless the solicitation clearly and conspicuously states, when applicable, that the person is not sponsored by or affiliated with the lender and that the solicitation is not authorized by the lender, and states that the consumer’s loan information was not provided to that person by that lender. This statement shall be made in close proximity to, and in the same or larger font as, the first and the most prominent use or uses of the consumer’s loan information in the solicitation, including on an envelope or through an envelope window containing the solicitation.
(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 197, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 6 - BUSINESS RIGHTS › CHAPTER 4 - Solicitations for Financial Services › Section 14703.

14703. It is not a violation of this chapter for a person in an advertisement or solicitation for services or products to use the name, trade name, logo, or tagline of a lender without the statement described in subdivision (a) of Section 14701 if that use is exclusively part of a comparison of like services or products in which the person clearly and conspicuously identifies itself or that otherwise constitutes nominative fair use. Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed or interpreted to alter or modify the trade name and trademark laws of this state, including Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 14200) and Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 14400).
(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 197, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 6 - BUSINESS RIGHTS › CHAPTER 4 - Solicitations for Financial Services › Section 14704.

14704. (a) A person who violates Section 14701 or 14702 shall be subject to an injunction against that use. In an action to enjoin a violation of subdivision (a) of Section 14701 or Section 14702, it is not necessary to allege or to prove actual damage to the plaintiff, and irreparable harm and interim harm to the plaintiff shall be presumed. In the action to enjoin a violation of subdivision (b) of Section 14701, affidavits that show consumers were confused, mistaken, or deceived as to a matter described in subdivision (b) of Section 14701 is prima facie evidence of damage and injury to the plaintiff. In addition to injunctive relief, the plaintiff is entitled to recover in the action the amount of the actual damages, if any, it sustained.
(b) The prevailing party in an action brought under this chapter is entitled to recover its costs and reasonable attorney’s fees as the court may determine.
(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 197, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › PART 1 - LICENSING FOR REVENUE AND REGULATION › CHAPTER 1 - Licensing by Cities › Section 16000.

16000. (a) The legislative body of an incorporated city may, in the exercise of its police power, and for the purpose of regulation, as herein provided, and not otherwise, license any kind of business not prohibited by law transacted and carried on within the limits of its jurisdiction, including all shows, exhibitions and lawful games, and may fix the rates of the license fee and provide for its collection by suit or otherwise. Any legislative body, including the legislative body of a charter city, that fixes the rate of license fees pursuant to this subdivision upon a business operating both within and outside the legislative body’s taxing jurisdiction, shall levy the license fee so that the measure of the fee fairly reflects that proportion of the activity actually carried on within the taxing jurisdiction.
(b) No license fee levied pursuant to subdivision (a) that is measured by the licensee’s income or gross receipts, whether levied by a charter or general law city, shall apply to any nonprofit organization that is exempted from taxes by Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 23701) of Part 11 of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code or Subchapter F (commencing with Section 501) of Chapter 1 of Subtitle A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or the successor of either, or to any minister, clergyman, Christian Science practitioner, rabbi, or priest of any religious organization that has been granted an exemption from federal income tax by the United States Commissioner of Internal Revenue as an organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code or a successor to that section.
(c) Before a city, including a charter city, issues a business license to a person to conduct business as a contractor, as defined in Section 7026, the city shall verify that the person is licensed by the Contractors’ State License Board.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 936, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1997.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › PART 1 - LICENSING FOR REVENUE AND REGULATION › CHAPTER 1 - Licensing by Cities › Section 16000.1.

16000.1. (a) (1) A city that licenses businesses carried on within its jurisdiction shall accept a California driver’s license or identification number, an individual taxpayer identification number, or a municipal identification number in lieu of a social security number if the city otherwise requires a social security number for the issuance of a business license.
(2) A city that licenses a business carried on within its jurisdiction shall require the applicant to provide an address where the individual consents to receive service of process. An acceptable address for this purpose shall include a post office box or private mailbox that complies with paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 17538.5. This address shall be available for public inspection.
(3) Personal information collected for purposes of issuing a business license by a city shall be confidential, shall not be available to the public for inspection, and shall not be disclosed except as required to administer the licensure program or comply with a judicial warrant, subpoena, or court order.
(b) For purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply:
(1) “City” includes a charter city and a city and county.
(2) “Personal information” means all of the following:
(A) An applicant’s residential address if the applicant provides a different address pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a).
(B) A California driver’s license or identification number, an individual taxpayer identification number, a municipal identification number, and a social security number.
(C) Income and tax information.
(Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 388, Sec. 2. (AB 2184) Effective January 1, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › PART 1 - LICENSING FOR REVENUE AND REGULATION › CHAPTER 1 - Licensing by Cities › Section 16000.2.

16000.2. A city, county, or city and county that issues business licenses, equivalent instruments, or permits within its jurisdiction shall provide written notice of the requirements of Section 118600 of the Health and Safety Code to each applicant for a new or renewed business license, equivalent instrument, or permit.
(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 223, Sec. 1. (AB 783) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › PART 1 - LICENSING FOR REVENUE AND REGULATION › CHAPTER 1 - Licensing by Cities › Section 16000.5.

16000.5. Notwithstanding Section 16000, no incorporated city shall require a regulatory license or impose a regulatory license fee with respect to cafe musicians.
“Cafe musician,” for the purposes of this section, means any person playing a musical instrument in any place or establishment where food or alcoholic beverages are sold, offered for sale or given away, who is an employee, or independent contractor, of such place or establishment. “Cafe musician” does not include an owner, manager, or operator of such place or establishment.
(Added by Stats. 1969, Ch. 969.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › PART 1 - LICENSING FOR REVENUE AND REGULATION › CHAPTER 1 - Licensing by Cities › Section 16000.7.

16000.7. (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the prohibition on the imposition of regulatory licenses and license fees on federally chartered veterans’ organizations that solicit donations as specified in this section is in need of uniform statewide regulation and constitutes a matter of statewide concern that shall be governed solely by this section.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 37101 of the Government Code, Section 16000 of this code, or any other provision of law, no city, including a charter city, shall require a regulatory license or impose a regulatory license fee with respect to the solicitation of donations for the support of veterans by federally chartered veterans’ organizations specified in Title 36 of the United States Code.
(c) This section shall not be construed to prohibit licensing and regulation of business-related activities, such as those involving the sale or exchange of goods or services.
(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 138, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1999.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › PART 1 - LICENSING FOR REVENUE AND REGULATION › CHAPTER 1 - Licensing by Cities › Section 16001.

16001. Every honorably discharged or honorably relieved soldier, sailor, or marine of the United States or Confederate States who served in the Civil War, any Indian war, the Spanish-American War, any Philippine insurrection, the Chinese Relief Expedition, the World War of 1914 and years following, or World War II, who is physically unable to obtain a livelihood by manual labor, and who is a voter of this state, may distribute circulars, and hawk, peddle, and vend any goods, wares or merchandise owned by him, except spirituous, malt, vinous, or other intoxicating liquor, without payment of any license tax or fee whatsoever, whether municipal, county or state, and the legislative body shall issue to such soldier, sailor or marine, without cost, a license therefor.
(Amended by Stats. 1970, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › PART 1 - LICENSING FOR REVENUE AND REGULATION › CHAPTER 1 - Licensing by Cities › Section 16001.5.

16001.5. Every person who was honorably discharged or honorably relieved from the military, naval or air service of the United States who served on or after June 27, 1950, and prior to February 1, 1955, or on or after August 5, 1964, and prior to a future date to be established by the Legislature, who is physically unable to obtain a livelihood by manual labor, and who is a resident of this state, may distribute circulars, and hawk, peddle, and vend any goods, wares or merchandise owned by him, except spirituous, malt, or vinous, or other intoxicating liquor, without payment of any license tax or fee whatsoever, whether municipal, county or state, and the legislative body shall issue to such person, without cost, a license therefor.
(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › PART 1 - LICENSING FOR REVENUE AND REGULATION › CHAPTER 1 - Licensing by Cities › Section 16001.7.

16001.7. Every person who is honorably discharged or honorably relieved from the military, naval, or air service of the United States and who is a resident of this state, may distribute circulars, and hawk, peddle and vend any goods, wares, or merchandise owned by him or her, except spiritous, malt, or vinous, or other intoxicating liquor, without payment of any business license fee, whether municipal, county, or state, and the legislative body shall issue to that person, without cost, a license therefor.
(Added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 435, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2009.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › PART 1 - LICENSING FOR REVENUE AND REGULATION › CHAPTER 1 - Licensing by Cities › Section 16001.8.

16001.8. (a) A veteran who is honorably discharged or honorably relieved from the Armed Forces of the United States and is a resident of this state shall not be required to pay any local business license fees for a business selling or providing services if the veteran is the sole proprietor of the business.
(b) The Legislature finds and declares that the prohibition on the imposition of local business license fees on veterans as specified in this section is a matter of statewide concern and is not a municipal affair, as that term is used in Section 5 of Article XI of the California Constitution. Therefore, this section applies to all cities, including charter cities.
(Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 227, Sec. 1. (AB 498) Effective January 1, 2020.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › PART 1 - LICENSING FOR REVENUE AND REGULATION › CHAPTER 1 - Licensing by Cities › Section 16002.

16002. No license fee may be collected from, nor any penalty for the nonpayment thereof enforced against, any commercial traveler whose business is limited to goods, wares, and merchandise sold or dealt in at wholesale in this State.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 61.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › PART 1 - LICENSING FOR REVENUE AND REGULATION › CHAPTER 1 - Licensing by Cities › Section 16002.1.

16002.1. No license fee for the privilege of auctioning real estate may be collected from any real estate auctioneer, whose business is limited exclusively to auctioning real estate, except by the city in which he has a permanent place of business.
(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1312.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › PART 1 - LICENSING FOR REVENUE AND REGULATION › CHAPTER 1 - Licensing by Cities › Section 16002.2.

16002.2. No city shall impose a license fee or tax, other than a fee or tax based on gross receipts, for the privilege of renting, leasing, or operating laundry equipment, whether or not coin operated, upon any individual or firm whose business is limited exclusively to renting, leasing, or operating such equipment, which license fee taxes or has the effect of taxing any gross receipts, other than gross receipts actually derived from the conduct of business within such city. For purposes of this section, the tax shall be based on the entire gross receipts of the taxpayer derived within the city, and no minimum tax shall be imposed upon any business location, nor shall such tax be measured by the number of business locations or machines of the taxpayer within the city.
This section shall not apply to coin-operated laundry equipment owned and operated by a retail establishment providing coin-operated laundry equipment for general public use.
(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1145.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › PART 1 - LICENSING FOR REVENUE AND REGULATION › CHAPTER 1 - Licensing by Cities › Section 16002.5.

16002.5. No city shall impose a license fee or tax, other than a fee or tax based on gross receipts, for the privilege of renting, leasing, or operating coin-operated vending machines, upon any individual or firm whose business is limited exclusively to renting, leasing, or operating such machines, which license fee or tax has the effect of taxing any gross receipts other than gross receipts which are directly attributable to the business activities conducted within the city. For the purposes of this section, the license fee or tax shall be based on the entire gross receipts which are directly attributable to the business activities conducted within the city, and no minimum license fee or tax shall be imposed upon any business location, nor shall such license fee or tax be measured by the number of business locations or machines of the taxpayer within the city.
Any license to conduct a business issued by a city in connection with which the city imposes a license fee or tax upon coin-operated vending machines within the city, may be revoked for failure of the licensee to report to the city the gross receipts from such machines. The city may demand an audit of any such licensee and require him to submit a copy of the state sales and use tax returns filed relative to such machines, and a copy of any other tax statement filed with any government entity by him or by any other individual or firm owning, renting, leasing, or operating such machines disclosing the gross receipts received from owning, renting, leasing, or operating such machines.
The provisions of this section shall not apply to a chartered city or to a chartered city and county.
(Amended by Stats. 1972, Ch. 817.)
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16004. Any license issued to a business pursuant to this chapter shall be revoked for a violation of Section 24185 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to human cloning.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 821, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › PART 1 - LICENSING FOR REVENUE AND REGULATION › CHAPTER 2 - Licensing by Counties › Section 16100.

16100. (a) The board of supervisors may in the exercise of its police powers, and for the purpose of regulation, as herein provided, and not otherwise, license any kind of business not prohibited by law, transacted and carried on within the limits of its jurisdiction, including all shows, exhibitions, and lawful games, and may fix the rate of the license fee and provide for its collection by suit or otherwise.
(b) No license fee levied pursuant to subdivision (a) that is measured by the licensee’s income or gross receipts, whether levied by a charter or general law county, shall apply to any nonprofit organization that is exempted from taxes by Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 23701) of Part 11 of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code or Subchapter F (commencing with Section 501) of Chapter 1 of Subtitle A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or the successor of either, or to any minister, clergyman, Christian Science practitioner, rabbi, or priest of any religious organization that has been granted an exemption from federal income tax by the United States Commissioner of Internal Revenue as an organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code or a successor to that section.
(c) Before a county issues a business license to a person to conduct business as a contractor, as defined by Section 7026, the county shall verify that the person is licensed by the Contractors State License Board.
(Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 312, Sec. 96. (SB 1474) Effective January 1, 2021.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › PART 1 - LICENSING FOR REVENUE AND REGULATION › CHAPTER 2 - Licensing by Counties › Section 16100.1.

16100.1. (a) (1) A county that licenses businesses carried on within its jurisdiction shall accept a California driver’s license or identification number, an individual taxpayer identification number, or a municipal identification number in lieu of a social security number if the county otherwise requires a social security number for the issuance of a business license.
(2) A county that licenses a business carried on within its jurisdiction shall require the applicant to provide an address where the individual consents to receive service of process. An acceptable address for this purpose shall include a post office box or private mailbox that complies with paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 17538.5. This address shall be available for public inspection.
(3) Personal information collected for purposes of issuing a business license by a county shall be confidential, shall not be available to the public for inspection, and shall not be disclosed except as required to administer the licensure program or comply with a judicial warrant, subpoena, or court order.
(b) For purposes of this section, “personal information” means all of the following:
(1) An applicant’s residential address if the applicant provides a different address pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a).
(2) A California driver’s license or identification number, an individual taxpayer identification number, a municipal identification number, and a social security number.
(3) Income and tax information.
(Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 388, Sec. 3. (AB 2184) Effective January 1, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › PART 1 - LICENSING FOR REVENUE AND REGULATION › CHAPTER 2 - Licensing by Counties › Section 16100.5.

16100.5. Notwithstanding Section 16100, no county or city and county shall require a regulatory license or impose a regulatory license fee with respect to cafe musicians.
“Cafe musician,” for the purposes of this section, means any person playing a musical instrument in any place or establishment where food or alcoholic beverages are sold, offered for sale or given away, who is an employee, or independent contractor, of such place or establishment. “Cafe musician” does not include an owner, manager, or operator of such place or establishment.
(Added by Stats. 1969, Ch. 969.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › PART 1 - LICENSING FOR REVENUE AND REGULATION › CHAPTER 2 - Licensing by Counties › Section 16100.7.

16100.7. (a) Notwithstanding Section 37101 of the Government Code, Section 7284 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, or Section 16000 of this code, no county or city and county shall require a regulatory license or impose a regulatory license fee with respect to the solicitation of donations for the support of veterans by federally chartered veterans’ organizations specified in Title 36 of the United States Code.
(b) This section shall not be construed to prohibit licensing and regulation of business-related activities, such as those involving the sale or exchange of goods or services.
(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 138, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1999.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › PART 1 - LICENSING FOR REVENUE AND REGULATION › CHAPTER 2 - Licensing by Counties › Section 16101.

16101. The boards of supervisors in their respective counties may for the purpose of revenue license individuals acting as hawkers, itinerant peddlers or itinerant vendors, other than merchants having a fixed place of business in the county, their employees, and farmers selling farm products produced by them.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 61.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › PART 1 - LICENSING FOR REVENUE AND REGULATION › CHAPTER 2 - Licensing by Counties › Section 16102.

16102. Every soldier, sailor or marine of the United States who has received an honorable discharge or a release from active duty under honorable conditions from such service may hawk, peddle and vend any goods, wares or merchandise owned by him, except spirituous, malt, vinous or other intoxicating liquor, without payment of any license, tax or fee whatsoever, whether municipal, county or State, and the board of supervisors shall issue to such soldier, sailor or marine, without cost, a license therefor.
(Amended by Stats. 1941, Ch. 646.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › PART 1 - LICENSING FOR REVENUE AND REGULATION › CHAPTER 2 - Licensing by Counties › Section 16103.

16103. No license fee may be collected from, nor any penalty for the nonpayment thereof enforced against, any commercial traveler whose business is limited to goods, wares and merchandise sold or dealt in at wholesale in this State.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 61.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › PART 1 - LICENSING FOR REVENUE AND REGULATION › CHAPTER 2 - Licensing by Counties › Section 16104.

16104. No license requiring a fee greater than 3 cents ($0.03) per head shall be imposed by the board of supervisors of any county on the business of raising, grazing, herding or pasturing sheep, nor shall any such license tax be applicable to or on account of lambs under eight months old.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 67.)