Law / United States / 
California
AB 1043 (2025), Digital Age Assurance Act
Cal. Civ. Code §§ 1798.500-1798.505
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In force in 100 days, effective 1 January 2027.
An app store age verification (AV) rule binding private bodies.
As of 15 July 2026.
What this law does
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Requires operating system providers to ask account holders for a birth date or age at device setup and to send a real time age bracket signal (under 13, 13 to under 16, 16 to under 18, or 18 and older) to app developers, without requiring government ID or biometric data.
If you get it wrong
Private right of actionNo
Penalties
Civil penalties up to $2,500 per affected child for a negligent violation and up to $7,500 for an intentional violation.
Who enforces it
Enforcement body
California Attorney General
What it reaches
Age threshold
18
Covered services
Operating system providers and application developers.
Verification methods
Self declaration, Device signal
Who checks it
Audit expectation
none
When LexLint raises it
operates_app_store
Read the law
official Civil Code text, chaptered bill
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