Sections
15 entriesSection 17511Requires the telephonic-seller article to be construed liberally to provide prospective purchasers decision-making information, protect against deceit and financial hardship, encourage competition…Section 17511.1Defines “telephonic seller” or “seller” as a person causing qualifying telephone solicitations or attempted solicitations personally, through salespersons, or through an automatic…Section 17511.2Defines Department as the Department of Justice; item as goods and services, including coupon books for businesses other than the seller; owner…Section 17511.3Requires a telephonic seller to register at least 10 days before doing business in California, submit required information and a $50 fee,…Section 17511.4Requires each telephonic-seller registration filing to disclose specified identities, business locations, principals, salespersons, selling names, items offered, scripts, sales materials, and specified…Section 17511.5Requires a telephonic seller, during solicitation and before sale, to disclose gift or prize information, including 12-month recipient counts for highest-value and…Section 17511.6Requires every telephonic seller to file irrevocable consent appointing the Attorney General to receive noncriminal process when the designated agent is absent,…Section 17511.7Prohibits a seller from making, or authorizing anyone to make, any reference to the seller’s compliance with this article when communicating with…Section 17511.8Prohibits a salesperson from soliciting prospective purchasers for a telephonic seller that is not currently registered with the department. A salesperson who…Section 17511.9Sets criminal penalties for specified willful telephonic-selling violations, deceptive schemes, or fraudulent practices, except as otherwise provided in the referenced provision. Each…Section 17511.10Allows remedies under the telephonic-seller article to operate in addition to procedures and remedies available under other law and preserves statutory and…Section 17511.12Requires every telephonic seller to maintain and file a $100,000 surety bond benefiting persons with covered pecuniary loss, except qualifying franchised or…Section 17512Prohibits requesting or receiving any fee or consideration for goods or services represented as recovering, or helping recover, money or another item…Section 17513Prohibits a telephonic seller from using a third-party delivery, courier, or pickup service to collect a purchaser’s payment unless the sold goods…Section 17514Requires mailed solicitations seeking consent to telephone contact, when the recipient’s number is not on the national do-not-call registry, to clearly disclose…