California Code
DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 3 - Home Furnishings

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 19000. - 19000. This chapter may be cited as the Home Furnishings...

Section 19001. - 19001. Unless the context otherwise requires, the general provisions hereinafter...

Section 19002. - 19002. “Person” includes individual, copartnership, association, firm, auctioneer, trust, and...

Section 19003. - 19003. “Sell,” or any of its variants, includes any of,...

Section 19004. - 19004. (a) “Bureau” refers to the Bureau of Household Goods...

Section 19004.1. - 19004.1. Protection of the public shall be the highest priority...

Section 19006. - 19006. “Upholstered furniture” means any furniture, including children’s furniture, movable...

Section 19006.1. - 19006.1. “Seating furniture,” including children’s furniture, movable or stationary, means...

Section 19007. - 19007. “Bedding” means any quilted pad, packing pad, mattress pad,...

Section 19007.5. - 19007.5. “Filling material” means cotton, wool, kapok, feathers, downs, hair,...

Section 19008. - 19008. “Secondhand” means any materials or articles used in the...

Section 19008.1. - 19008.1. “Used” means furniture or bedding that has been previously...

Section 19008.2. - 19008.2. “Antique” means furniture having special value because of its...

Section 19008.5. - 19008.5. Any article of upholstered furniture or bedding is secondhand...

Section 19008.6. - 19008.6. Any article of upholstered furniture or bedding on sales...

Section 19009. - 19009. “Retailer” means a person who sells any article of...

Section 19010. - 19010. “Bedding renovator” means a person who rebuilds, repairs, makes...

Section 19010.1. - 19010.1. “Custom upholsterer” means a person who, either by himself...

Section 19010.5. - 19010.5. “Wholesaler” means a person who, on his or her...

Section 19011. - 19011. “Manufacturer” means a person who, either by himself or...

Section 19011.1. - 19011.1. “Importer” means a person who manufactures or wholesales, through...

Section 19012. - 19012. “Supply dealer” means a person who manufactures, processes or...

Section 19012.5. - 19012.5. “Sanitizer” means a person who sanitizes articles of bedding...

Section 19014. - 19014. “Branch” means any subordinate establishment situated apart from the...

Section 19015. - 19015. “Slip seat” means the separate padded seat unit consisting...

Section 19016. - 19016. “Slip cover” means any casing or cover without filling...

Section 19016.5. - 19016.5. A person engaged exclusively in the manufacture of slip...

Section 19017. - 19017. “Owner’s material” means any article or material belonging to...

Section 19018. - 19018. “Approved testing laboratory” means any testing facility which is...

Section 19019. - 19019. “Insulation material” means any material or combination of materials...

Section 19020. - 19020. “R-value” means a measure of thermal resistance of material...

Section 19021. - 19021. “Quality assurance program” means a system of procedures employed...

Section 19022. - 19022. (a) An “insulation manufacturer” is any person who produces...

ARTICLE 2 - Administration

Section 19030. - 19030. Any reference in California law to the Bureau of...

Section 19031. - 19031. The duty of enforcing and administering this chapter, Chapter...

Section 19032. - 19032. The director, in accordance with the State Civil Service...

Section 19033. - 19033. Except as qualified by this chapter the chief has...

Section 19034. - 19034. With the approval of the director, the chief may...

Section 19034.5. - 19034.5. All rules and regulations shall become effective not earlier...

ARTICLE 3 - Licensing

Section 19049. - 19049. It shall be unlawful for any person to engage...

Section 19050. - 19050. To obtain a license authorized by this chapter, an...

Section 19051. - 19051. Every upholstered-furniture retailer, unless they hold an importer’s license,...

Section 19052. - 19052. Every custom upholsterer, unless he or she holds a...

Section 19053. - 19053. Every upholstered-furniture wholesaler, bedding wholesaler, and upholstered-furniture and bedding...

Section 19053.1. - 19053.1. Every importer shall hold an importer’s license. (Added by...

Section 19054. - 19054. Every upholstered-furniture manufacturer, bedding manufacturer, upholstered-furniture and bedding manufacturer,...

Section 19055. - 19055. Every bedding retailer, unless they hold an importer’s license,...

Section 19056. - 19056. Every bedding renovator shall hold an upholstered-furniture and bedding...

Section 19059. - 19059. Every supply dealer, unless he or she holds an...

Section 19059.5. - 19059.5. Every sanitizer shall hold a sanitizer’s license unless they...

Section 19059.7. - 19059.7. Every insulation manufacturer who sells insulation material in California...

Section 19060. - 19060. Every person in any class shall obtain a separate...

Section 19060.5. - 19060.5. Every person who, on his or her own account,...

Section 19060.6. - 19060.6. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), every person...

Section 19061. - 19061. Every person doing business at the same address under...

Section 19061.5. - 19061.5. The chief shall prescribe the procedure relative to: (a)...

Section 19062. - 19062. A license issued by the bureau shall be posted...

Section 19063. - 19063. The bureau may refuse to issue any license provided...

Section 19064. - 19064. The bureau may refuse to issue any license provided...

ARTICLE 4 - Application of the Chapter

Section 19070. - 19070. This chapter applies to upholstered furniture, bedding and filling...

Section 19071. - 19071. Secondhand bedding, or secondhand filling materials to be used...

Section 19072. - 19072. Responsibility for compliance with this chapter rests not only...

Section 19072.5. - 19072.5. Importers, wholesalers, and retailers shall not sell or resell...

Section 19072.6. - 19072.6. The manufacturer of chairs and benches and similar articles,...

Section 19072.7. - 19072.7. Aiding, abetting, or knowingly combining or conspiring with an...

Section 19073. - 19073. This chapter does not apply to upholstered furniture, bedding,...

Section 19074. - 19074. This chapter does not apply to the manufacturer of...

ARTICLE 5 - Labeling

Section 19080. - 19080. A person shall not, at wholesale, retail, or otherwise,...

Section 19081. - 19081. The form and size of labels, the fabric of...

Section 19082. - 19082. A rubber stamp may be used in lieu of...

Section 19083. - 19083. Labels shall be securely attached to the article or...

Section 19084. - 19084. The information required by this chapter shall be printed...

Section 19085. - 19085. Labels shall contain no advertising matter nor anything that...

Section 19086. - 19086. No mark, tag, sticker or any other device shall...

Section 19087. - 19087. It is unlawful for any person, except the purchaser...

Section 19088. - 19088. It is unlawful to use, in the description of...

Section 19089. - 19089. The bureau may establish grades, specifications and tolerances for...

Section 19089.3. - 19089.3. All bedding with liquid filling material and each component...

Section 19089.5. - 19089.5. Any upholstered furniture or mattress that is made from...

Section 19092. - 19092. The repairer or renovator of any secondhand upholstered furniture...

Section 19093. - 19093. Any person who repairs or renovates upholstered furniture or...

Section 19094. - 19094. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following...

ARTICLE 5.5 - Juvenile Products, Upholstered Furniture, and Mattresses

Section 19100. - 19100. For the purposes of this article, the following definitions...

Section 19101. - 19101. (a) On or after January 1, 2020, a person,...

Section 19102. - 19102. The director may adopt regulations and rules necessary or...

Section 19103. - 19103. (a) The bureau shall enforce and ensure compliance with...

Section 19104. - 19104. (a) The International Sleep Products Association shall conduct a...

ARTICLE 6 - Sanitization

Section 19120. - 19120. The enforcement of all sanitization regulations pertaining to any...

Section 19121. - 19121. Filthy or soiled articles of new or used bedding...

Section 19122. - 19122. A person shall not engage in the business of...

Section 19122.5. - 19122.5. Periodic tests and inspections shall be made by an...

Section 19123. - 19123. The provisions of this article apply only to persons...

Section 19123.4. - 19123.4. Newly manufactured articles of bedding that contain any secondhand...

Section 19123.5. - 19123.5. Every article of bedding and all filling material, repaired...

Section 19123.6. - 19123.6. Every article of bedding to which any secondhand material...

Section 19124. - 19124. Every person who receives for sanitization any bedding filling...

Section 19124.5. - 19124.5. Every person who sanitizes any bedding or filling material...

Section 19127. - 19127. The form, size and color of sanitization labels, and...

Section 19127.5. - 19127.5. Sanitization labels shall be sold only to sanitizers licensed...

Section 19127.6. - 19127.6. The sanitizer shall keep a record of all data...

Section 19129. - 19129. Secondhand or used bedding and any secondhand or used...

Section 19131. - 19131. Every article of bedding from any private or public...

Section 19132. - 19132. New or sanitized articles of bedding or materials shall...

ARTICLE 7 - Regulations

Section 19150. - 19150. Every person who falsely advertises or misrepresents in any...

Section 19151. - 19151. No person licensed under this chapter shall advertise an...

Section 19152. - 19152. No unconditional guaranty or replacement without charge relating to...

Section 19158. - 19158. Every person, upon receiving upholstered furniture or bedding for...

Section 19160. - 19160. The premises, delivery equipment, machinery, appliances and devices of...

Section 19161. - 19161. (a) All mattresses and mattress sets manufactured for sale...

Section 19161.3. - 19161.3. All flexible polyurethane foam in the form of slabs,...

Section 19161.5. - 19161.5. The chief of the bureau, subject to the approval...

Section 19162. - 19162. A custom upholsterer shall give to his or her...

Section 19163. - 19163. All work to be performed by a custom upholsterer...

Section 19164. - 19164. The bureau may, by regulation, establish insulation material standards...

Section 19165. - 19165. Insulation material may only be sold or installed in...

ARTICLE 8 - Fees

Section 19170. - 19170. (a) The fee imposed for the issuance and for...

Section 19170.3. - 19170.3. The annual fee for an insulation manufacturing license shall...

Section 19170.5. - 19170.5. (a) Except as provided in Section 19170.3, licenses issued...

Section 19172. - 19172. A person may not obtain a new license of...

Section 19173.5. - 19173.5. Section 11002 of the Government Code authorizes the use...

Section 19174. - 19174. All fees collected under this chapter shall be reported...

ARTICLE 9 - Enforcement

Section 19200. - 19200. The chief or any inspector shall have access to...

Section 19200.5. - 19200.5. (a) The chief or any inspector may open any...

Section 19201. - 19201. The chief or any inspector may determine the fitness...

Section 19202. - 19202. The bureau may condemn, withhold from sale, seize, or...

Section 19203. - 19203. The tag to be affixed to any article of...

Section 19204. - 19204. Every person who removes, or causes to be removed,...

Section 19205. - 19205. The failure of any person to produce upon demand...

Section 19206. - 19206. No person shall interfere with, obstruct or otherwise hinder...

Section 19207. - 19207. Any inspector having knowledge of a violation of any...

Section 19208. - 19208. The chief or his or her authorized designee may...

Section 19209. - 19209. Except as otherwise required to comply with the provisions...

Section 19210. - 19210. After a hearing, a license may be suspended, revoked,...

Section 19211. - 19211. Any person who has been denied a license, or...

Section 19212. - 19212. The performance by any partnership, corporation, firm, or association...

Section 19213. - 19213. The bureau may monitor compliance with all insulation standards,...

Section 19213.1. - 19213.1. The bureau may require a licensee who sells or...

Section 19214. - 19214. Any person who violates or proposes to violate any...

ARTICLE 9.5 - Disciplinary Proceedings Against Nonresidents

Section 19215. - 19215. As used in this article, unless otherwise indicated, “director”...

Section 19215.1. - 19215.1. The acceptance by a nonresident licensee of any of...

Section 19215.2. - 19215.2. The acceptance of such rights and privileges as so...

Section 19215.3. - 19215.3. Service shall be made by leaving a copy of...

Section 19215.4. - 19215.4. A notice of such service and a copy of...

Section 19215.5. - 19215.5. Proof of compliance with Section 19215.4 shall be made...

Section 19215.6. - 19215.6. The bureau, or if the proceeding has been assigned...

Section 19215.7. - 19215.7. The director shall keep a record of all process...

Section 19215.8. - 19215.8. As used in this article “nonresident” means a person...

ARTICLE 10 - Penalties

Section 19220. - 19220. Every person who violates any of the provisions of...

Section 19221. - 19221. The unit for a separate and distinct offense in...

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California Code DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS CHAPTER 3 - Home Furnishings

California Code
DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 3 - Home Furnishings