California Business and Professions Code ARTICLE 1.4 - Telephonic Sellers

• Section 17511.
  (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the widespread use of telephone solicitors to initiate sales of goods, real property, and investment opportunities has created numerous...
• Section 17511.1.
  As used in this article, “telephonic seller” or “seller” means a person who, on his or her own behalf or through salespersons or through the...
• Section 17511.2.
  As used in this article, the following terms have the following meanings:(a) “Department” means the Department of Justice.(b) “Item” means any goods and services, and includes coupon...
• Section 17511.3.
  (a) Not less than 10 days prior to doing business in this state, a telephonic seller shall register with the department by filing with the Consumer...
• Section 17511.4.
  Each filing pursuant to Section 17511.3 shall contain the following information:(a) The name or names of the seller, including the name under which the seller is...
• Section 17511.5.
  In addition to complying with the requirements of Section 17500.3, as applicable, a telephonic seller, shall, at the time the solicitation is made and prior...
• Section 17511.6.
  Every telephonic seller shall file with the Attorney General, in the form prescribed by the Attorney General, an irrevocable consent appointing the Attorney General to...
• Section 17511.7.
  No seller shall make or authorize the making of any references to its compliance with this article to any prospective or actual purchaser.(Added by Stats....
• Section 17511.8.
  No salesperson shall solicit prospective purchasers on behalf of a telephonic seller who is not currently registered with the department pursuant to this article. Any...
• Section 17511.9.
  Except as provided in Section 17511.8, any person, including, but not limited to, the seller, a salesperson, agent or representative of the seller, or an...
• Section 17511.10.a.
  The provisions of this article are not exclusive. The remedies specified in this article for violation of any section of this article or for conduct...
• Section 17511.12.
  (a) Every telephonic seller shall maintain a bond issued by a surety company admitted to do business in this state. The bond shall be in the...
• Section 17512.
  (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to request or receive payment of any fee or consideration from a person for goods or services represented...
• Section 17513.
  (a) It shall be unlawful for any telephonic seller to procure, either directly or through an agent, the services of any third-party delivery, courier, or other...
• Section 17514.
  (a) A person who sends a solicitation by mail that solicits a recipient to consent to receive information via telephone, where that recipient’s telephone number is...

Last modified: October 22, 2018