California Penal Code

§ 637.9

PEN § 637.9 Effective Jan 1, 1999Title 15 · Part 1 · Ch. 1.5

Statute text

(a)Any person who, in the course of business, provides mailing lists, computerized or telephone-based reference services, or similar products or services utilizing lists, as defined, knowingly does any of the following is guilty of a misdemeanor:

(1)Fails, prior to selling or distributing a list to a first-time buyer, to obtain the buyer’s name, address, telephone number, tax identification number if the buyer is a forprofit entity, a sample of the type of material to be distributed using the list, or to make a good-faith effort to verify the nature and legitimacy of the business or organization to which the list is being sold or distributed.

(2)Knowingly provides access to personal information about children to any person who he or she knows is registered or required to register as a sex offender.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 763, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1999.