{
  "section": "713",
  "code": "California Civil Code",
  "law_code": "CIV",
  "citation": "California Civil Code § 713",
  "heading": "The Sign an Owner or Agent May Display",
  "heading_is_editorial": true,
  "effective": "1993-01-01",
  "amended_by": "Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 773, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1993.",
  "official_credit_line": "Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 773, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1993.",
  "official_url": "https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CIV&sectionNum=713.",
  "page_url": "https://quoroom.org/law/signs",
  "pending_amendment": null,
  "version_history": [],
  "verified": "two sources agree",
  "last_checked": "2026-11-03",
  "verification_note": "Text taken verbatim from the Legislative Counsel of California official code database and checked word for word against an independent publisher.",
  "sources": [
    {
      "url": "https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip",
      "accessed": "2026-10-13",
      "name": "leginfo (Legislative Counsel official bulk code database, LAW_SECTION_TBL)",
      "note": "Authoritative. Retrieved with tools/fetch.py, which reads the archive's central directory by HTTP range request and fetches only this section's member. The leginfo.legislature.ca.gov HTML page sits behind a bot challenge; this is the same database that backs it."
    },
    {
      "url": "https://california.public.law/codes/civil_code_section_713",
      "accessed": "2026-10-13",
      "name": "California Public Law (Public.Law)",
      "note": "Independent publisher, used to check the text word for word.",
      "edition": "2025"
    }
  ],
  "subdivisions": [
    {
      "id": "a",
      "label": "(a)",
      "text": "Notwithstanding any provision of any ordinance, an owner of real property or his or her agent may display or have displayed on the owner’s real property, and on real property owned by others with their consent, signs which are reasonably located, in plain view of the public, are of reasonable dimensions and design, and do not adversely affect public safety, including traffic safety, as determined by the city, county, or city and county, advertising the following:",
      "anchor": "https://quoroom.org/law/signs#s713-a"
    },
    {
      "id": "a-1",
      "label": "(a)(1)",
      "text": "That the property is for sale, lease, or exchange by the owner or his or her agent.",
      "anchor": "https://quoroom.org/law/signs#s713-a-1"
    },
    {
      "id": "a-2",
      "label": "(a)(2)",
      "text": "Directions to the property.",
      "anchor": "https://quoroom.org/law/signs#s713-a-2"
    },
    {
      "id": "a-3",
      "label": "(a)(3)",
      "text": "The owner’s or agent’s name.",
      "anchor": "https://quoroom.org/law/signs#s713-a-3"
    },
    {
      "id": "a-4",
      "label": "(a)(4)",
      "text": "The owner’s or agent’s address and telephone number.",
      "anchor": "https://quoroom.org/law/signs#s713-a-4"
    },
    {
      "id": "b",
      "label": "(b)",
      "text": "Nothing in this section limits any authority which a person or local governmental entity may have to limit or regulate the display or placement of a sign on a private or public right-of-way.",
      "anchor": "https://quoroom.org/law/signs#s713-b"
    }
  ]
}