{"data":{"id":"us-ca/bpc-5466","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"BPC § 5466","heading":"","body":"(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, as to an advertising display in place as of August 12, 2004, a cause of action for the erection or maintenance of an advertising display that violates this chapter or the laws of a local governmental entity shall not be brought by a private party against an advertising display that has been in continuous existence in its current location for a period of five years. However, if the advertising display has been illegally modified, the cause of action for the illegal modification may be brought by a private party if it is filed within five years of the date the modification was made.\n(b) This section shall not apply to a cause of action brought by a governmental entity that is based on the erection or maintenance of an advertising display that violates this chapter or the laws of the governmental entity.","path":["Business and Professions Code - BPC","DIVISION 3. PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY [5000. - 9998.12.]","CHAPTER 2. Advertisers [5200. - 5486.]","ARTICLE 9. Crimes and Penalties [5460. - 5466.]"],"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":"56e268a1d9c6a4ef938ed5db0e02e7b483972bd0e3ff1e1d6d5f2783c53ba0c4","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/bpc-5465","next":"us-ca/bpc-5480"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}