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2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › PART 3 - REPRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC › CHAPTER 3 - Trading Stamp Company Act › Section 17750.

17750. “Trading stamp” means any stamp or similar device issued in connection with the retail sale of merchandise or service, as a cash discount, or for any other marketing purpose, that entitles the rightful holder, on its due presentation for redemption, to receive merchandise, service, or cash.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 310, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1998.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › PART 3 - REPRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC › CHAPTER 3 - Trading Stamp Company Act › Section 17751.

17751. “Trading stamp” also means any stamp or similar device issued as a gift or as a consideration in any transaction other than in connection with the retail sale of merchandise or service, by a trading stamp company that also issues those devices in connection with the retail sale of merchandise or service, as a cash discount, or for any other marketing purpose, and that may be redeemed by the rightful holder on the same basis as, or interchangeably with, any trading stamp issued as described in Section 17750.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 310, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1998.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › PART 3 - REPRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC › CHAPTER 3 - Trading Stamp Company Act › Section 17752.

17752. “Trading stamp” does not include any redeemable device used by the manufacturer or packer of an article, in advertising or selling the article, or any redeemable device issued and redeemed by a newspaper, magazine, or other publication.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 310, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1998.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › PART 3 - REPRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC › CHAPTER 3 - Trading Stamp Company Act › Section 17753.

17753. “Trading stamp” does not include any coupon, ticket, certificate, card, or other similar device prepared by a merchant using that device and distributed by the merchant to his or her customers, if the device is redeemable only by that merchant for, or in connection with, the purchase of specific articles of merchandise carried in his or her stock.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 310, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1998.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › PART 3 - REPRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC › CHAPTER 3 - Trading Stamp Company Act › Section 17754.

17754. The Legislature finds and declares that the devices described in Sections 17752, 17753, and 17760 are not employed in connection with improper activities of irresponsible trading stamp companies.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 310, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1998.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › PART 3 - REPRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC › CHAPTER 3 - Trading Stamp Company Act › Section 17755.

17755. “Trading stamp company” means any person engaged in any manner in distributing trading stamps for retail issuance by others or in redeeming trading stamps for retailers.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 310, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1998.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › PART 3 - REPRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC › CHAPTER 3 - Trading Stamp Company Act › Section 17756.

17756. “Person” means any individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association, or other organization.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 310, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1998.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › PART 3 - REPRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC › CHAPTER 3 - Trading Stamp Company Act › Section 17757.

17757. “Organization” means any partnership, corporation, limited liability company, or association.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 310, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1998.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › PART 3 - REPRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC › CHAPTER 3 - Trading Stamp Company Act › Section 17758.

17758. “Issue” includes use, distribute, give away, sell, furnish, and licensing that use, distribution, gift, sale or furnishing.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 310, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1998.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › PART 3 - REPRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC › CHAPTER 3 - Trading Stamp Company Act › Section 17759.

17759. “Merchant” includes retailer, person dealing in services, or person in a similar capacity.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 310, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1998.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › PART 3 - REPRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC › CHAPTER 3 - Trading Stamp Company Act › Section 17760.

17760. The provisions of this chapter do not apply to nonprofit merchant organizations that guarantee redemption of trading stamps that are exclusively issued and redeemed by that organization or its members and where all of those members have jointly and severally assumed liability for all stamps so issued and where the redemption is from stock in trade of, or in cash from, any and all members of the organization. The assumption of liability shall be evidenced by a written agreement between the organization and its members setting forth the joint and several liability of the organization and its members for redemption of trading stamps issued by the organization.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 310, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1998.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › PART 3 - REPRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC › CHAPTER 3 - Trading Stamp Company Act › Section 17761.

17761. It is unlawful for any person to issue any trading stamp unless the stamp has imprinted on it both of the following:
(a) The name of the trading stamp company that is responsible for the redemption of the stamp.
(b) The redeemable value of the stamp in cents, mills, or fraction of cents.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 310, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1998.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › PART 3 - REPRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC › CHAPTER 3 - Trading Stamp Company Act › Section 17762.

17762. Any trading stamp company shall redeem upon presentation any trading stamp that it has issued, either in merchandise, service, or cash, at the option of the rightful holder. However, if the trading stamp company only offers to redeem the trading stamp in cash, the rightful holder of the trading stamp shall not have the option of receiving merchandise or service and shall only receive a cash redemption. Trading stamps shall only be presented for redemption in cash in an amount aggregating not less than one dollar ($1).
(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 485, Sec. 28. Effective January 1, 1999.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › PART 3 - REPRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC › CHAPTER 3 - Trading Stamp Company Act › Section 17763.

17763. It is unlawful for any person to willfully issue or redeem any trading stamp without the consent of the trading stamp company that issued the stamp.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 310, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1998.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › PART 3 - REPRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC › CHAPTER 3 - Trading Stamp Company Act › Section 17764.

17764. Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit any person from redeeming, pursuant to contract, any trading stamps issued on or before December 31, 1997.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 310, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1998.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › PART 3 - REPRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC › CHAPTER 3 - Trading Stamp Company Act › Section 17765.

17765. Any person who advertises the giving of trading stamps, or who gives trading stamps, with the sale of any merchandise or service, shall give those stamps, if the purchaser requests them, with the sale of all items of merchandise or service offered for sale at his or her place of business, unless that person advertises that he or she does not give trading stamps on certain items of merchandise or service and designates those items or services in the advertisement or posts a list of those items or services in a conspicuous place in his or her place of business.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 310, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1998.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › PART 3 - REPRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC › CHAPTER 3 - Trading Stamp Company Act › Section 17766.

17766. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as requiring the giving of trading stamps with any sale of merchandise or service when the giving of those stamps or any premium with the particular merchandise or service is specifically prohibited by law or regulation.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 310, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1998.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › PART 3 - REPRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC › CHAPTER 3 - Trading Stamp Company Act › Section 17767.

17767. If a trading stamp company fails to redeem any of its trading stamps, any rightful holder of those stamps may bring a civil action for damages within three years of the failure to redeem.
(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 310, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1998.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › PART 3 - REPRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC › CHAPTER 3 - Trading Stamp Company Act › Section 17768.

17768. Any merchant who has issued to his or her customers or other persons the trading stamps of any trading stamp company subject to this chapter, and who proposes to discontinue the issuance of the stamps of that company for any reason, shall post a notice in at least 18-point type at every location in his or her establishment where stamps were or are issued, containing at least the following information:
(a) The fact that trading stamps will no longer be issued by the merchant and the date of discontinuance of issuance.
(b) The name and address in this state of the trading stamp company that is responsible for the redemption of those stamps.
(c) The fact that the stamps are redeemable either in merchandise, service, or in cash, at the option of the holder, and stating the cash redemption value of each stamp, and that it is necessary for the holder to present stamps in an amount aggregating not less than one dollar ($1) for redemption in cash.
(d) The notice required by this section shall be posted at least seven days prior to the date on which the issuance of trading stamps is discontinued, and shall remain posted for 30 days after that date.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 310, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1998.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › PART 3 - REPRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC › CHAPTER 3 - Trading Stamp Company Act › Section 17769.

17769. No trading stamp company shall cease issuing trading stamps unless it gives written notice at least 90 days prior to that cessation to each merchant that has at any time within one year issued trading stamps that the company is obligated to redeem.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 310, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1998.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › PART 3 - REPRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC › CHAPTER 3 - Trading Stamp Company Act › Section 17770.

17770. Any person violating any provision of this chapter shall be liable for a civil penalty not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each violation, and any superior court of this state shall have jurisdiction in equity on the complaint of any interested person to restrain and enjoin the violation of any of the provisions of this chapter.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 310, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1998.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › PART 3 - REPRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC › CHAPTER 3 - Trading Stamp Company Act › Section 17771.

17771. Any person who willfully violates any provision of this chapter shall upon conviction be fined not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000).
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 310, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1998.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › PART 3 - REPRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC › CHAPTER 3 - Trading Stamp Company Act › Section 17772.

17772. Trading stamps issued by a trading stamp company subject to this chapter are exempt from the Corporate Securities Law of 1968 (Division 1 (commencing with Section 25000) of Title 4 of the Corporations Code).
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 310, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1998.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › PART 3 - REPRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC › CHAPTER 3 - Trading Stamp Company Act › Section 17773.

17773. Nothing in this chapter, nor in this code, shall be construed to require that the cash or merchandise value of trading stamps be stated or set forth on any sign, statement, or other advertising media that either advertises or offers those stamps, or advertises or indicates the price of gasoline or motor fuel, whether on any dispensing apparatus or elsewhere, and that is displayed at or about any place of business offering for sale or selling gasoline or other motor vehicle fuel.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 310, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1998.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › PART 3 - REPRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC › CHAPTER 5 - Fictitious Business Names › Section 17901.

17901. As used in this chapter, “general partner” means:
(a) In the case of a partnership, a general partner, as defined in Section 15901.02 of the Corporations Code.
(b) In the case of an unincorporated association other than a partnership, a person interested in the business of the association whose liability with respect to the association is substantially the same as that of a general partner, as defined in Section 15901.02 of the Corporations Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 400, Sec. 17. (SB 1467) Effective January 1, 2015.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › PART 3 - REPRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC › CHAPTER 5 - Fictitious Business Names › Section 17901.5.

17901.5. As used in this chapter, “manager” means a manager of a limited liability company.
(Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1200, Sec. 3. Effective September 30, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › PART 3 - REPRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC › CHAPTER 5 - Fictitious Business Names › Section 17902.

17902. As used in this chapter, “person” includes individuals, limited liability companies, partnerships and other associations, and corporations.
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1200, Sec. 4. Effective September 30, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › PART 3 - REPRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC › CHAPTER 5 - Fictitious Business Names › Section 17903.

17903. As used in this chapter, “registrant” means a person or entity who is filing or has filed a fictitious business name statement, and who is the legal owner of the business.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 716, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › PART 3 - REPRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC › CHAPTER 5 - Fictitious Business Names › Section 17905.

17905. The Sacramento County Board of Supervisors may, by resolution, designate another county officer to perform the duties of the county clerk pursuant to this chapter in and for the County of Sacramento.
(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 201, Sec. 3. (SB 1462) Effective January 1, 2015.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › PART 3 - REPRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC › CHAPTER 5 - Fictitious Business Names › Section 17910.

17910. Every person who regularly transacts business in this state for profit under a fictitious business name shall do all of the following:
(a) File a fictitious business name statement in accordance with this chapter not later than 40 days from the time the registrant commences to transact such business.
(b) File a new statement after any change in the facts, in accordance with subdivision (b) of Section 17920.
(c) File a new statement when refiling a fictitious business name statement.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 716, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › PART 3 - REPRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC › CHAPTER 5 - Fictitious Business Names › Section 17910.5.

17910.5. (a) No person shall adopt any fictitious business name which includes “Corporation,” “Corp.,” “Incorporated,” or “Inc.” unless that person is a corporation organized pursuant to the laws of this state or some other jurisdiction.
(b) No person shall adopt any fictitious business name that includes “Limited Liability Company” or “LLC” or “LC” unless that person is a limited liability company organized pursuant to the laws of this state or some other jurisdiction. A person is not prohibited from using the complete words “Limited” or “Company” or their abbreviations in the person’s business name as long as that use does not imply that the person is a limited liability company.
(c) A county clerk shall not accept a fictitious business name statement which would be in violation of this section.
(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 728, Sec. 64. Effective January 1, 2002.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › PART 3 - REPRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC › CHAPTER 5 - Fictitious Business Names › Section 17911.

17911. This chapter does not apply to a nonprofit corporation or association, including, but not limited to, organizations such as churches, labor unions, fraternal and charitable organizations, foundations, and similar organizations.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 716, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › PART 3 - REPRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC › CHAPTER 5 - Fictitious Business Names › Section 17912.

17912. This chapter does not apply to a real estate investment trust as defined in Section 23000 of the Corporations Code that has a statement on file, pursuant to Section 18200 of the Corporations Code, designating an agent for service of process or has qualified to do business under Chapter 21 (commencing with Section 2100) of Division 1 of the Corporations Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 178, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › PART 3 - REPRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC › CHAPTER 5 - Fictitious Business Names › Section 17914.

17914. The fictitious business name statement shall be signed as follows:
(a) If the registrant is an individual, by the individual.
(b) If the registrants are a married couple, by either party to the marriage.
(c) If the registrant is a general partnership, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, copartnership, joint venture, or unincorporated association other than a partnership, by a general partner.
(d) If the registrant is a limited liability company, by a manager or officer.
(e) If the registrant is a trust, by a trustee.
(f) If the registrant is a corporation, by an officer.
(g) If the registrant is a state or local registered domestic partnership, by one of the domestic partners.
(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 400, Sec. 19. (SB 1467) Effective January 1, 2015.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › PART 3 - REPRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC › CHAPTER 5 - Fictitious Business Names › Section 17915.

17915. A fictitious business name statement shall be filed with the clerk of the county in which the registrant has his or her principal place of business in this state or, if the registrant has no place of business in this state, with the Clerk of Sacramento County. This chapter does not preclude a person from filing a fictitious business name statement in a county other than that where the principal place of business is located, as long as the requirements of this section are also met.
(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 179, Sec. 24. Effective January 1, 2009.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › PART 3 - REPRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC › CHAPTER 5 - Fictitious Business Names › Section 17916.

17916. Presentation for filing of an original fictitious business name statement and one copy of the statement, with proper identification, accompanied by a completed and notarized affidavit of identity, if required by the county clerk, and other documents required in accordance with Section 17913, payment of the filing fee, and acceptance of the statement by the county clerk constitute filing under this chapter. The county clerk shall note on the copy the file number, the date of filing the original, and the date of expiration and shall certify and deliver the copy to the registrant or the registrant’s agent. A county clerk may use a remote identity proofing process as described in subdivision (f) of Section 17913 for purposes of this section.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 15, Sec. 2. (AB 716) Effective January 1, 2020.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › PART 3 - REPRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC › CHAPTER 5 - Fictitious Business Names › Section 17917.

17917. (a) Within 45 days after a fictitious business name statement has been filed pursuant to this chapter, the registrant shall cause a statement in the form prescribed by subdivision (a) of Section 17913 to be published pursuant to Section 6064 of the Government Code in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the fictitious business name statement was filed or, if there is no such newspaper in that county, in a newspaper of general circulation in an adjoining county. If the registrant does not have a place of business in this state, the notice shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in Sacramento County.
(b) Subject to the requirements of subdivision (a), the newspaper selected for the publication of the statement should be one that circulates in the area where the business is to be conducted.
(c) If a refiling is required because the prior statement has expired, the refiling need not be published unless there has been a change in the information required in the expired statement, provided the refiling is filed within 40 days of the date the statement expired.
(d) An affidavit showing the publication of the statement shall be filed with the county clerk where the fictitious business name statement was filed within 45 days after the completion of the publication.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 511, Sec. 72. (SB 1495) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › PART 3 - REPRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC › CHAPTER 5 - Fictitious Business Names › Section 17918.

17918. No person transacting business under a fictitious business name contrary to the provisions of this chapter, or his assignee, may maintain any action upon or on account of any contract made, or transaction had, in the fictitious business name in any court of this state until the fictitious business name statement has been executed, filed, and published as required by this chapter. For the purposes of this section, the failure to comply with subdivision (b) of Section 17917 does not constitute transacting business contrary to the provisions of this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 618.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › PART 3 - REPRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC › CHAPTER 5 - Fictitious Business Names › Section 17919.

17919. (a) A fictitious business name statement may be executed, filed, and published by the trustee in bankruptcy at any time after bankruptcy where a failure to comply with the provisions of this chapter would otherwise preclude the maintenance of an action to recover any sums due to the debtor or bankruptcy estate or the partnership of which the debtor or bankruptcy estate was a member.
(b) A fictitious business name statement may be executed, filed, and published by the conservator, executor, or administrator at any time after the appointment of a conservator for or death of any individual or partner where a failure to comply with the provisions of this chapter would otherwise preclude the maintenance of an action to recover any sums due the conservatee or deceased person or the partnership of which they were a member.
(c) A fictitious business name statement may be executed, filed, and published by an assignee or purchaser of the business at any time after the assignment or sale where a failure to comply with the provisions of this chapter would otherwise preclude the maintenance of an action to recover any sums due to the assignee or purchaser by reason of the assignment or sale.
(d) The fictitious business name statement referred to in this section shall be in substantially the same form as prescribed in Section 17913, except:
(1) The person or persons who were doing business under the fictitious business name shall be stated as such person or persons existed (i) immediately before the bankruptcy, conservatorship, or death or the assignment or sale of the business or (ii) at the time they ceased to do business under the fictitious business name, whichever is the earlier time.
(2) The statement shall include the following additional sentence: “This statement has been executed pursuant to Section 17919 of the Business and Professions Code.”
(3) The person executing the statement shall (i) sign the statement on behalf of the person or persons formerly doing business under the fictitious business name, (ii) state their full name and the street address of their place of business or, if they have none, of their business mailing address, and (iii) indicate whether they are a trustee in bankruptcy, conservator, executor, or administrator or assignee or purchaser of the business.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 20, Sec. 2. (AB 878) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › PART 3 - REPRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC › CHAPTER 5 - Fictitious Business Names › Section 17920.

17920. (a) Unless the statement expires earlier under subdivision (b) or (c), a fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk.
(b) Except as provided in Section 17923, a fictitious business name statement expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to Section 17913.
(c) A fictitious business name statement expires when the registrant files a statement of abandonment of the fictitious business name described in the statement.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 20, Sec. 3. (AB 878) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › PART 3 - REPRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC › CHAPTER 5 - Fictitious Business Names › Section 17921.

17921. Notice of the date of expiration shall be on the fictitious business name statement form.
(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 581, Sec. 3.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › PART 3 - REPRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC › CHAPTER 5 - Fictitious Business Names › Section 17922.

17922. (a) Upon ceasing to transact business in this state under a fictitious business name that was filed in the previous five years, a registrant who has filed a fictitious business name statement shall file a statement of abandonment of use of fictitious business name. The statement of abandonment shall be executed in the same manner as a fictitious business name statement, excluding the requirements of subdivisions (d), (e), and (f) of Section 17913 and shall be filed with the county clerk of the county in which the registrant has filed the fictitious business name statement. The statement shall be published in the same manner as a fictitious business name statement and an affidavit showing its publication shall be filed with the county clerk after the completion of publication.
(b) The statement shall include:
(1) The name being abandoned and the street address of the principal place of business.
(2) The date on which the fictitious business name statement relating to the fictitious business name being abandoned was filed, the file number, and the county where filed.
(3) In the case of an individual, the full name and business mailing address of the individual.
(4) In the case of a married couple, the full name and business mailing address of both parties to the marriage.
(5) In the case of a general partnership, a limited partnership, copartners, a limited liability partnership, a joint venture, or an unincorporated association other than a partnership, the full names and business mailing addresses of all of the general partners.
(6) In the case of a corporation, the name and address of the corporation as set forth in its articles of incorporation on file with the California Secretary of State.
(7) In the case of a trust, the full name and business mailing address of each of the trustees.
(8) In the case of a limited liability company, the name and address of the limited liability company as set forth in its articles of organization on file with the California Secretary of State.
(9) In the case of state or local registered domestic partners, the full name and business mailing address of each domestic partner.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 20, Sec. 4. (AB 878) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › PART 3 - REPRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC › CHAPTER 5 - Fictitious Business Names › Section 17923.

17923. (a) Any registrant who is a general partner in a partnership that is or has been regularly transacting business under a fictitious business name may, upon withdrawing as a general partner, file a statement of withdrawal from the partnership operating under a fictitious business name. The statement of withdrawal shall be executed by the registrant filing the statement in the same manner as a fictitious business name statement, excluding the requirements of subdivisions (d), (e), and (f) of Section 17913, and shall be filed with the county clerk of the county where the partnership filed its fictitious business name statement.
(b) The statement shall include:
(1) The fictitious business name of the partnership.
(2) The date on which the fictitious business name statement for the partnership was filed, the file number, and the county where filed.
(3) The street address of its principal place of business in this state or, if it has no place of business in this state, the street address of its principal place of business outside this state, if any.
(4) The full names and business mailing addresses of the registrant or registrants withdrawing as partners.
(c) The statement of withdrawal from the partnership operating under a fictitious business name shall be published in the same manner as the fictitious business name statement and an affidavit showing the publication of the statement shall be filed with the county clerk after the completion of the publication.
(d) The withdrawal of a general partner does not cause a fictitious business name statement to expire if the withdrawing partner files a statement of withdrawal meeting the requirements of this section.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 20, Sec. 5. (AB 878) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › PART 3 - REPRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC › CHAPTER 5 - Fictitious Business Names › Section 17924.

17924. (a) The county clerk shall furnish without charge a form satisfying the requirements of subdivision (a) of Section 17913. The form prepared by the county clerk, or the material provided by him with the form, shall include statements substantially as follows:
(1) “Your fictitious business name statement must be published in a newspaper once a week for four successive weeks and an affidavit of publication filed with the county clerk when publication has been accomplished. The statement should be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the principal place of business is located. The statement should be published in such county in a newspaper that circulates in the area where the business is to be conducted (Business and Professions Code Section 17917).”
(2) “Any person who executes, files, or publishes any fictitious business name statement, knowing that such statement is false, in whole or in part, is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) (Business and Professions Code Section 17930).”
These statements do not constitute a part of the fictitious business name statement and are not required to be published pursuant to Section 17917.
(b) The county clerk may furnish without charge forms meeting the requirements for a statement of abandonment of use of a fictitious business name and a statement of withdrawal from partnership operating under a fictitious business name.
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 118, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › PART 3 - REPRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC › CHAPTER 5 - Fictitious Business Names › Section 17925.

17925. (a) The county clerk shall maintain one or more indices which permit the determination of at least the following information:
(1) Whether any business using a specific fictitious business name has on file a fictitious business name statement setting forth such name and, if so, the file number of the statement.
(2) Whether any individual, general partner, or corporation is listed in any fictitious business name statement on file and, if so, the file number of the statement.
(3) Whether a statement of abandonment of use of a specific business name is on file and, if so, the file number of the statement of abandonment.
(4) Whether a statement of withdrawal from a partnership operating under fictitious business name is on file and, if so, the file number of the statement of withdrawal.
(b) Four years after a fictitious business name statement has expired, the county clerk may delete the information concerning that statement from the index, including any references to statements of abandonment of use, statements of withdrawal of partnerships, or any other references related to a fictitious business name statement which is being deleted from the index.
(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 162, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › PART 3 - REPRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC › CHAPTER 5 - Fictitious Business Names › Section 17926.

17926. (a) As used in this section, “statement” means a fictitious business name statement, a statement of abandonment of use of fictitious business name, or a statement of withdrawal from partnership operating under fictitious business name.
(b) For a fee of two dollars ($2), the county clerk shall provide any person who so requests a certified copy of any statement on file in his or her office.
(c) A copy of a statement, when certified as provided in subdivision (b), establishes a rebuttable presumption of all of the following:
(1) The existence of the original statement.
(2) The execution of the statement by the person by whom it purports to have been executed.
(3) The truth of the information required by Sections 17913, 17922, or 17923 that is contained in the statement.
(d) The presumptions established by subdivision (c) are presumptions affecting the burden of producing evidence.
(e) All of the provisions of this section are subject to Section 54985 of the Government Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 716, Sec. 11. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › PART 3 - REPRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC › CHAPTER 5 - Fictitious Business Names › Section 17927.

17927. (a) The county clerk shall mark each fictitious business name statement with a file number and the date of filing and shall retain the original statement for his or her file. He or she may destroy or otherwise dispose of the statement, including proof of publication, affidavit of identity statement, the additional documents required by subdivisions (d), (e), and (f) of Section 17913, and any other references related to the fictitious business name statement, four years after the statement expires.
(b) The county clerk shall mark each statement of abandonment of use of fictitious business name or statement of withdrawal from partnership operating under fictitious business name with a file number and the date of filing. He or she may destroy or otherwise dispose of the statement at the same time the fictitious business name statement to which it relates is destroyed pursuant to subdivision (a).
(c) In lieu of retaining the original statement, proof of publication, affidavit of identity statement, and additional documents that may be required pursuant to subdivisions (d), (e), and (f) of Section 17913, and any other documents pertaining to the fictitious business statement on file, the county clerk may retain a copy of the statement in accordance with Section 26205.1 of the Government Code.
(d) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2014.
(Repealed (in Sec. 9) and added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 368, Sec. 10. (AB 1325) Effective January 1, 2013. Section operative January 1, 2014, by its own provisions.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › PART 3 - REPRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC › CHAPTER 5 - Fictitious Business Names › Section 17928.

17928. (a) Upon prepayment of the fee established pursuant to subdivision (b), the county clerk may furnish to any person who so requests daily or less frequent summaries or compilations of filings under this chapter.
(b) The fee for furnishing information under this section shall be fixed by the county clerk with the approval of the county board of supervisors and shall be sufficient to pay at least the actual cost of furnishing such information.
(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 618.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › PART 3 - REPRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC › CHAPTER 5 - Fictitious Business Names › Section 17929.

17929. (a) The fee for filing a fictitious business name statement is ten dollars ($10) for the first fictitious business name and owner and two dollars ($2) for each additional fictitious business name or owner filed on the same statement and doing business at the same location. This fee covers the cost of filing and indexing the statement (and any affidavit of publication), the cost of furnishing one certified copy of the statement to the registrant filing the statement, acceptance, verification, and maintenance of the affidavit of identity statement and other documents or actions that may be required pursuant to subdivisions (d), (e), and (f) of Section 17913, and the cost for notifying registrants of the pending expiration of their fictitious business name statement.
(b) The fee for filing a statement of abandonment of use of a fictitious business name is five dollars ($5). This fee covers the cost of filing and indexing the statement, the cost of any affidavit of publication, and the cost of furnishing one certified copy of the statement to the registrant filing the statement.
(c) The fee for filing a statement of withdrawal from partnership operating under a fictitious business name is five dollars ($5). This fee covers the cost of filing and indexing the statement, the cost of any affidavit of publication, and the cost of furnishing one certified copy of the statement to the registrant filing the statement.
(d) All of the provisions of this section are subject to Section 54985 of the Government Code.
(e) If the notice of pending expiration, as described in subdivision (a), is returned to the county clerk by the United States Postal Service as undeliverable, the county clerk is not required to retain the returned notice of pending expiration.
(f) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2014.
(Repealed (in Sec. 11) and added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 368, Sec. 12. (AB 1325) Effective January 1, 2013. Section operative January 1, 2014, by its own provisions.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › PART 3 - REPRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC › CHAPTER 5 - Fictitious Business Names › Section 17930.

17930. Any person who executes, files, or publishes any statement under this chapter, knowing that such statement is false, in whole or in part, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).
(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1092, Sec. 55. Effective September 27, 1983. Operative January 1, 1984, by Sec. 427 of Ch. 1092.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › PART 3 - REPRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC › CHAPTER 6 - Bots › Section 17940.

17940. For purposes of this chapter:
(a) “Bot” means an automated online account where all or substantially all of the actions or posts of that account are not the result of a person.
(b) “Online” means appearing on any public-facing Internet Web site, Web application, or digital application, including a social network or publication.
(c) “Online platform” means any public-facing Internet Web site, Web application, or digital application, including a social network or publication, that has 10,000,000 or more unique monthly United States visitors or users for a majority of months during the preceding 12 months.
(d) “Person” means a natural person, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, association, estate, trust, government, governmental subdivision or agency, or other legal entity or any combination thereof.
(Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 892, Sec. 1. (SB 1001) Effective January 1, 2019. Operative July 1, 2019, pursuant to Section 17943.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › PART 3 - REPRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC › CHAPTER 6 - Bots › Section 17941.

17941. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to use a bot to communicate or interact with another person in California online, with the intent to mislead the other person about its artificial identity for the purpose of knowingly deceiving the person about the content of the communication in order to incentivize a purchase or sale of goods or services in a commercial transaction or to influence a vote in an election. A person using a bot shall not be liable under this section if the person discloses that it is a bot.
(b) The disclosure required by this section shall be clear, conspicuous, and reasonably designed to inform persons with whom the bot communicates or interacts that it is a bot.
(Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 892, Sec. 1. (SB 1001) Effective January 1, 2019. Operative July 1, 2019, pursuant to Section 17943.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › PART 3 - REPRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC › CHAPTER 6 - Bots › Section 17942.

17942. (a) The duties and obligations imposed by this chapter are cumulative with any other duties or obligation imposed by any other law.
(b) The provisions of this chapter are severable. If any provision of this chapter or its application is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application.
(c) This chapter does not impose a duty on service providers of online platforms, including, but not limited to, Web hosting and Internet service providers.
(Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 892, Sec. 1. (SB 1001) Effective January 1, 2019. Operative July 1, 2019, pursuant to Section 17943.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › PART 3 - REPRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC › CHAPTER 6 - Bots › Section 17943.

17943. This chapter shall become operative on July 1, 2019.
(Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 892, Sec. 1. (SB 1001) Effective January 1, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › PART 4 - MICROENTERPRISES › Section 18000.

18000. (a) For purposes of this part, “microenterprise” means a sole proprietorship, partnership, limited liability company, or corporation that meets both of the following requirements:
(1) Has five or fewer employees, including the owner, who may be part time or full time.
(2) Generally lacks sufficient access to loans, equity, or other financial capital.
(b) For purposes of this part, “microenterprise development provider” means a nonprofit organization or public agency that provides self-employment training, technical assistance, and access to microloans to individuals seeking to become self-employed or to a microenterprise seeking to expand its current business.
(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 101, Sec. 1. (AB 674) Effective January 1, 2015.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › PART 4 - MICROENTERPRISES › Section 18001.

18001. (a) Every city, county, and city and county is encouraged to access microenterprise development in order to create new jobs and income opportunities for individuals of low and moderate income.
(b) Every city, county, and city and county is encouraged to include microenterprise development as a part of their economic development strategy.
(c) California communities and the public agencies that serve them, such as workforce investment boards, community colleges, and local economic development agencies, are encouraged to promote local partnerships that invest in microenterprise development.
(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 87, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2005.)