Business and Professions Code section 6158


In advertising by electronic media, to comply with Section 61571.1 and 6157.2, the message as a whole may not be false, misleading, or deceptive, and the message as a whole must be factually substantiated. The message means the effect in combination of the spoken word, sound, background, action, symbols, visual image, or any other technique employed to create the message. Factually substantiated means capable of verification by a credible source.

Source: Section 6158, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=BPC§ionNum=6158.­ (updated Jan. 1, 1995; accessed Jun. 30, 2025).

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