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2012 California Codes
BPC - Business and Professions Code
DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS [18400 - 22948.7]
CHAPTER 30 - Billing Practices
Section 22940
CA Bus & Prof Code § 22940 (through 2013 Leg Sess) What's This?
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.”
(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 343, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2000.)
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