California Business and Professions Code

§ 7582.17

BPC § 7582.17 Effective Jan 1, 2018Div. 3 · Ch. 11.5 · Art. 3

Statute text

(a)No licensee shall conduct a business under a fictitious or other business name unless and until he or she has obtained the written authorization of the bureau to do so.

(b)The bureau shall not authorize the use of a fictitious or other business name which is so similar to that of a public officer or agency or of that used by another licensee that the public may be confused or misled thereby.

(c)The authorization shall require, as a condition precedent to the use of any fictitious name, that the licensee comply with Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 17900) of Part 3 of Division 7.

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Legislative history

Repealed (in Sec. 34) and added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 429, Sec. 35. (SB 547) Effective January 1, 2018. Section operative July 1, 2018, by its own provisions.