SECTIONS 22410-22411.2 - California Statutes

BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE

SECTION 22410-22411.2

22410. The following terms, as used in this chapter, have the
meaning expressed in this section:
(a) "Appliance" means any new television, radio, audio or video
recorder, or playback device normally used or sold for use in the
home or in a private motor vehicle, or any new refrigerator, freezer,
range, oven, washer, dryer, dishwasher, room air conditioner, or
sewing machine normally used or sold for use in the home, or any new
typewriter, adding machine, calculator, or other similar machine, or
any electrically operated tool, any of which applicances have a
manufacturer's invoice sale value of fifty dollars ($50) or more.
(b) "Manufacturer" means any individual, partnership, corporation,
association, or other legal relationship which is involved in the
manufacture, assembly, or production of an appliance or whose brand
name appears on any appliance. The term "manufacturer" also means any
agent, representative or distributor of a manufacturer who sells,
transfers, or exchanges an appliance to or with a retailer.

22411. No manufacturer shall sell any appliance in this state
unless such appliance has been permanently marked with a serial
number unique to that appliance. A marking that is required to be
permanent shall be molded, die-stamped, or paint-stenciled or stamped
or etched on metal that is permanently secured or indelibly stamped
on pressure sensitive labels secured by adhesive that is adequate and
suitable for permanent application.
Every manufacturer of an appliance to be sold within this state
shall provide on the first page of the warranty or instruction
manual, or on a separate card, a description of the appliance
providing a space thereon for recording the model number and serial
number, the description of the location of such numbers on the
appliance, and instructions to the final purchaser of the appliance
to record and retain such numbers.

22411.2. The provisions of Section 22411 shall not apply to factory
or dealer installed radios installed in a new motor vehicle or to
radios installed in a motor vehicle by a dealer to replace such
factory or dealer installed radios.