DIVISION 7. GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS 16000-18001›PART 3. REPRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC 17500-17943›CHAPTER 1. Advertising 17500-17606›ARTICLE 1. False Advertising in General 17500-17509

§ 17505

California Business and Professions Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

No person shall state, in an advertisement of his goods, that he is a producer, manufacturer, processor, wholesaler, or importer, or that he owns or controls a factory or other source of supply of goods, when such is not the fact, and no person shall in any other manner misrepresent the character, extent, volume, or type of his business.

(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1733.)

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