Business and Professions Code section 5402

No person shall display or cause or permit to be displayed upon any advertising structure or sign, any statements or words of an obscene, indecent or immoral character, or any picture or illustration of any human figure in such detail as to offend public morals or decency, or any other matter or thing of an obscene, indecent or immoral character.

Source: Section 5402, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=BPC§ionNum=5402. (accessed Jun. 2, 2025).

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Last Updated

May 12, 2025

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/business_and_professions_code_section_5402

Original Source: Section 5402, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=BPC§ionNum=5402. (last accessed May 12, 2025).