{"data":{"id":"us-ca/bpc-17511.2","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"BPC § 17511.2","heading":"","body":"As used in this article, the following terms have the following meanings:\n(a) “Department” means the Department of Justice.\n(b) “Item” means any goods and services, and includes coupon books which are to be used with businesses other than the seller’s business.\n(c) “Owner” means a person who owns or controls 10 percent or more of the equity of, or otherwise has claim to 10 percent or more of the net income of, a telephonic seller.\n(d) “Person” includes an individual, firm, association, corporation, partnership, joint venture, or any other business entity.\n(e) “Principal” means an owner, an executive officer of a corporation, a general partner of a partnership, a sole proprietor of a sole proprietorship, a trustee of a trust, or any other individual with similar supervisory functions with respect to any person.\n(f) “Purchaser” or “prospective purchaser” means a person who is solicited to become or does become obligated to a telephonic seller.\n(g) “Salesperson” means any individual employed, appointed or authorized by a telephonic seller, whether referred to by the telephonic seller as an agent, representative, or independent contractor, who attempts to solicit or solicits a sale on behalf of the telephonic seller. The principals of a seller are themselves salespersons if they solicit sales on behalf of the telephonic seller.","path":["Business and Professions Code - BPC","DIVISION 7. GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS [16000. - 18107.]","PART 3. REPRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC [17500. - 17943.]","CHAPTER 1. Advertising [17500. - 17606.]","ARTICLE 1.4. Telephonic Sellers [17511. - 17514.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"b71b2caabc6b79caed8ce06d4bc57b14311d1569e1c49eebc12aa652955bfe8a","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/bpc-17511.1","next":"us-ca/bpc-17511.3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}