California Code
DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS
PART 2 - PRESERVATION AND REGULATION OF COMPETITION

CHAPTER 1 - Contracts in Restraint of Trade

Section 16600. - 16600. Except as provided in this chapter, every contract by...

Section 16601. - 16601. Any person who sells the goodwill of a business,...

Section 16602. - 16602. (a) Any partner may, upon or in anticipation of...

Section 16602.5. - 16602.5. Any member may, upon or in anticipation of a...

Section 16603. - 16603. Every person who, as a condition to a sale...

Section 16604. - 16604. Every person who, as a condition to a sale...

Section 16605. - 16605. Every person engaged in the business of distribution of...

Section 16606. - 16606. The customer list, including the names, addresses, and identity...

Section 16607. - 16607. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the customer...

CHAPTER 2 - Combinations in Restraint of Trade

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 16700. - 16700. The provisions of this chapter are cumulative of each...

Section 16701. - 16701. Section 24 of this code shall not determine the...

Section 16702. - 16702. As used in this chapter “person” or “persons” includes...

Section 16703. - 16703. Within the meaning of this chapter, labor, whether skilled...

ARTICLE 2 - Prohibited Restraints on Competition

Section 16720. - 16720. A trust is a combination of capital, skill or...

Section 16721. - 16721. Recognizing that the California Constitution prohibits a person from...

Section 16721.5. - 16721.5. (a) It is an unlawful trust and an unlawful...

Section 16721.6. - 16721.6. It is the intent of the Legislature that Sections...

Section 16722. - 16722. Any contract or agreement in violation of this chapter...

Section 16725. - 16725. It is not unlawful to enter into agreements or...

Section 16726. - 16726. Except as provided in this chapter, every trust is...

Section 16727. - 16727. It shall be unlawful for any person to lease...

Section 16728. - 16728. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, motor carriers...

ARTICLE 3 - Enforcement

Section 16750. - 16750. (a) Any person who is injured in his or...

Section 16750.1. - 16750.1. Any civil action to enforce any cause of action...

Section 16750.2. - 16750.2. Any person, other than the Attorney General or a...

Section 16751. - 16751. Whenever it appears to the court before which any...

Section 16752. - 16752. Upon a violation of this chapter by any corporation...

Section 16753. - 16753. Every foreign corporation or association, exercising any of the...

Section 16754. - 16754. The Attorney General, or the district attorney of any...

Section 16754.5. - 16754.5. In any civil action brought by the Attorney General...

Section 16755. - 16755. (a) Any violation of this chapter is a conspiracy...

Section 16756. - 16756. In any indictment, information or complaint for any offense...

Section 16757. - 16757. (a) In prosecutions under this chapter, it is sufficient...

Section 16758. - 16758. In any action or proceeding brought by the Attorney...

Section 16759. - 16759. (a) All those powers granted to the Attorney General...

Section 16760. - 16760. (a) (1) The Attorney General may bring a civil...

Section 16761. - 16761. The court may award, pursuant to a motion by...

ARTICLE 4 - Health Care Services

Section 16770. - 16770. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to...

CHAPTER 2.5 - Combinations to Obstruct Sales of Livestock

Section 16800. - 16800. It is unlawful for any two or more persons,...

Section 16801. - 16801. It is unlawful for any corporation organized under the...

Section 16802. - 16802. No trust, combination, or conspiracy shall be organized or...

Section 16803. - 16803. Any person who, directly or indirectly, is a party...

Section 16804. - 16804. A violation of any provision of this chapter is...

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...

CHAPTER 5 - Enforcement

Section 17200. - 17200. As used in this chapter, unfair competition shall mean...

Section 17201. - 17201. As used in this chapter, the term person shall...

Section 17201.5. - 17201.5. As used in this chapter: (a) “Board within the...

Section 17202. - 17202. Notwithstanding Section 3369 of the Civil Code, specific or...

Section 17203. - 17203. Injunctive Relief—Court Orders Any person who engages, has engaged,...

Section 17204. - 17204. Actions for Injunctions by Attorney General, District Attorney, County...

Section 17205. - 17205. Unless otherwise expressly provided, the remedies or penalties provided...

Section 17206. - 17206. Civil Penalty for Violation of Chapter (a) Any person...

Section 17206.1. - 17206.1. (a) (1) In addition to any liability for a...

Section 17206.2. - 17206.2. (a) (1) In addition to any liability for a...

Section 17207. - 17207. (a) Any person who intentionally violates any injunction prohibiting...

Section 17208. - 17208. Any action to enforce any cause of action pursuant...

Section 17209. - 17209. If a violation of this chapter is alleged or...

Section 17210. - 17210. (a) For purposes of this section, “hotel” means any...

CHAPTER 6.5 - Reassignments

Section 17350. - 17350. With respect to contracts entered into on or after...

Section 17351. - 17351. For the purposes of this chapter: (a) “Financial institution”...

CHAPTER 7 - Sales of Telephone and Other Communications Equipment

Section 17360. - 17360. As used in this chapter, “person” includes an individual,...

Section 17361. - 17361. Any person offering for sale or selling telephone handsets...

Section 17362. - 17362. A retailer of telephone equipment shall give clear and...

Section 17363. - 17363. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, Sections 17361...

Section 17363.5. - 17363.5. Any person advertising or offering for sale automatic dialing-announcing...

Section 17364. - 17364. Every failure to comply with any provision of this...

Section 17365. - 17365. This chapter shall become operative on November 1, 1983....