Business and Professions Code section 5400

No advertising structure may be maintained unless the name of the person owning or maintaining it, is plainly displayed thereon.

Source: Section 5400, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=BPC§ionNum=5400. (updated Jan. 1, 1970; accessed Oct. 20, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/business_and_professions_code_section_5400

Original Source: Section 5400, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=BPC§ionNum=5400. (last accessed May 12, 2025).