California Business and Professions Code

§ 17511.1

BPC § 17511.1 Effective Jan 1, 2023Div. 7 · Part 3 · Ch. 1 · Art. 1.4

Statute text

As used in this article, “telephonic seller” or “seller” means a person who, on their own behalf or through salespersons or through the use of an automatic dialing-announcing device, as defined in Section 2871 of the Public Utilities Code, causes a telephone solicitation or attempted telephone solicitation to occur which meets the criteria specified in subdivision (a), (b), (c), or (d) and who is not exempted by subdivision (e), as follows:

(a)A telephone solicitation or attempted telephone solicitation wherein the telephonic seller initiates telephonic contact with a prospective purchaser and represents or implies one or more of the following:

(1)That a prospective purchaser who buys one or more items will also receive additional or other items, whether or not of the same type as purchased, without further cost. For purposes of this subdivision, “further cost” does not include actual postage or common carrier delivery charges, if any.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 452, Sec. 15. (SB 1498) Effective January 1, 2023.