{"data":{"id":"us-ca/bpc-22940","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"BPC § 22940","heading":"","body":"It shall be unlawful for any business to use words expressly referencing an individual’s marital status as part of the individual’s mailing address on a billing statement, related correspondence, enclosing envelope, or any solicitation for new business. This shall not prohibit the use of the prefix “Mr.,” “Mrs.,” “Ms.,” or “Miss.”","path":["Business and Professions Code - BPC","DIVISION 8. SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS [18400. - 22949.92.2.]","CHAPTER 30. Billing Practices [22940. - 22941.]"],"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":"87ba0a76407f7d994fc7642fd8882e4cc2d41a5a43e8647b785e784aabe30fcb","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/bpc-22930","next":"us-ca/bpc-22941"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}