California Code
PART 2 - PRESERVATION AND REGULATION OF COMPETITION
CHAPTER 4 - Unfair Trade Practices

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 17000. - 17000. This chapter may be cited as the Unfair Practices...

Section 17001. - 17001. The Legislature declares that the purpose of this chapter...

Section 17002. - 17002. This chapter shall be liberally construed that its beneficial...

ARTICLE 2 - Definitions

Section 17020. - 17020. The definitions in this article shall be used in...

Section 17021. - 17021. “Person” includes any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, business...

Section 17022. - 17022. “Sell” includes selling, offering for sale or advertising for...

Section 17023. - 17023. “Give” includes giving, offering to give or advertising the...

Section 17024. - 17024. “Article or product” includes any article, product, commodity, thing...

Section 17025. - 17025. “Vendor” includes any person who performs work upon, renovates,...

Section 17026. - 17026. “Cost” as applied to production includes the cost of...

Section 17026.1. - 17026.1. (a) (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 17026, commissions...

Section 17026.5. - 17026.5. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 17026, regular term discounts...

Section 17027. - 17027. In establishing the cost of a given article or...

Section 17028. - 17028. “Ordinary channels of trade” means those ordinary, regular and...

Section 17029. - 17029. “Cost of doing business” or “overhead expense” means all...

Section 17030. - 17030. “Loss leader” means any article or product sold at...

Section 17031. - 17031. Locality discrimination means a discrimination between different sections, communities...

ARTICLE 3 - Offenses Against the Chapter

Section 17040. - 17040. It is unlawful for any person engaged in the...

Section 17041. - 17041. Nothing in this chapter prohibits locality discriminations which make...

Section 17042. - 17042. Nothing in this chapter prohibits any of the following:...

Section 17043. - 17043. It is unlawful for any person engaged in business...

Section 17044. - 17044. It is unlawful for any person engaged in business...

Section 17045. - 17045. The secret payment or allowance of rebates, refunds, commissions,...

Section 17046. - 17046. It is unlawful for any person to use any...

Section 17047. - 17047. It is unlawful for any manufacturer, wholesaler, distributor, jobber,...

Section 17048. - 17048. It is unlawful for any manufacturer, wholesaler, distributor, jobber,...

Section 17048.5. - 17048.5. It is unlawful for any manufacturer, wholesaler, distributor, jobber,...

Section 17049. - 17049. The prohibitions of this chapter against locality discrimination and...

Section 17050. - 17050. The prohibitions of this chapter against locality discriminations, sales...

Section 17051. - 17051. Any contract, express or implied, made by any person,...

ARTICLE 4 - Civil Liability

Section 17070. - 17070. Any person or trade association may bring an action...

Section 17071. - 17071. In all actions brought under this chapter proof of...

Section 17071.5. - 17071.5. In all actions brought under this chapter proof of...

Section 17072. - 17072. Where a particular trade or industry, of which a...

Section 17073. - 17073. Proof of average overall cost of doing business for...

Section 17074. - 17074. Proof of transportation tariffs when fixed and approved by...

Section 17075. - 17075. In any action where it is alleged and shown...

Section 17076. - 17076. In any action brought under this chapter, where persons...

Section 17077. - 17077. In any action or prosecution for sales below cost...

Section 17078. - 17078. If it appears to the court upon any application...

Section 17079. - 17079. The court may, in its discretion, include in any...

Section 17080. - 17080. Any injunction against a violation of this chapter, whether...

Section 17081. - 17081. It is not necessary for the plaintiff, in any...

Section 17082. - 17082. In any action under this chapter, it is not...

Section 17083. - 17083. The testimony of any witness in any action brought...

Section 17084. - 17084. Any party to any action brought under this chapter...

Section 17085. - 17085. If, at any time while any action for a...

Section 17086. - 17086. No information obtained under this article, or under Title...

Section 17087. - 17087. In any action or proceeding, civil or criminal, brought...

ARTICLE 5 - Liability of Agents

Section 17095. - 17095. Any person, who, either as director, officer or agent...

Section 17096. - 17096. In any injunction proceeding against any person as officer,...

ARTICLE 6 - Penal Provisions

Section 17100. - 17100. Any person, whether as principal, agent, officer or director,...

Section 17101. - 17101. In the prosecution of any person as officer, director...