This section provides definitions for terms used in this part of the law. A 'Registrant' is someone who registers and publishes a name, mark, or device according to the specified rules. 'Supplies' are items that have such a registered name, mark, or device on them.

If you're in the business of providing clean laundered items like clothes, towels, or linens for a set fee, and you regularly swap clean items for dirty ones, you can create and use a unique mark or name on them to show they belong to you. You can also officially register this mark or name to protect it.

If a supplier wants to register a business name, logo, or other identifying mark in California, they must first file a detailed description of it with the Secretary of State. Additionally, they must publish this description in a local newspaper once a week for three weeks in a row in the county where their main office is located.

If someone registers a laundry supply designation, they must pay a filing fee to the Secretary of State, and this fee amount is detailed in another section of the Government Code.

This law makes it illegal for anyone, besides specific exceptions, to sell, buy, rent, or otherwise trade items that have a registered name, mark, or device. The exceptions include the registered owner, someone with their written consent, or someone who bought the items from the registered owner. Additionally, it's also unlawful to remove or hide the registered name, mark, or device from these items.

This law section means that when someone gives money as a deposit for the safe return of supplies, it doesn't count as a sale of those supplies. So, taking a deposit doesn't change the nature of the transaction into a sale.

This law says that if someone other than the registered owner uses or possesses certain marked supplies without written permission, it can be assumed they are using or trading those supplies illegally.

This law says that if a person or business legally buys supplies and gets written permission, they don't have to file and publish a new description of those supplies. They automatically get the same rights and benefits the seller had under the law for those supplies.

If you find or receive supplies during your business activities or in another way, you need to try hard to find the owner and give the supplies back to them.

If someone who is registered, or part of a corporation or group that is registered, swears under oath to a judge that they have a good reason to believe supplies are being illegally used, sold, or hidden, the judge must issue a search warrant to find and seize those supplies. The person found with the supplies may also be brought before the judge.

If a judge decides that someone broke this law, they will give the appropriate punishment and also return any seized property to its rightful owner.

Breaking any rules in this article is generally considered a misdemeanor, which is a less serious crime. However, if the crime involves wrongly using, selling, or hiding supplies worth more than $950, it's treated as a felony, which is more severe.