California Business and Professions Code CHAPTER 5 - Enforcement

• Section 17200.
  As used in this chapter, unfair competition shall mean and include any unlawful, unfair or fraudulent business act or practice and unfair, deceptive, untrue or...
• Section 17201.
  As used in this chapter, the term person shall mean and include natural persons, corporations, firms, partnerships, joint stock companies, associations and other organizations of...
• Section 17201.5.
  As used in this chapter:(a) “Board within the Department of Consumer Affairs” includes any commission, bureau, division, or other similarly constituted agency within the Department of...
• Section 17202.
  Notwithstanding Section 3369 of the Civil Code, specific or preventive relief may be granted to enforce a penalty, forfeiture, or penal law in a case...
• Section 17203.
  Injunctive Relief—Court OrdersAny person who engages, has engaged, or proposes to engage in unfair competition may be enjoined in any court of competent jurisdiction. The...
• Section 17204.
  Actions for Injunctions by Attorney General, District Attorney, County Counsel, and City AttorneysActions for relief pursuant to this chapter shall be prosecuted exclusively in a...
• Section 17205.
  Unless otherwise expressly provided, the remedies or penalties provided by this chapter are cumulative to each other and to the remedies or penalties available under...
• Section 17206.
  Civil Penalty for Violation of Chapter(a) Any person who engages, has engaged, or proposes to engage in unfair competition shall be liable for a civil penalty...
• Section 17206.1.
  (a) (1) In addition to any liability for a civil penalty pursuant to Section 17206, a person who violates this chapter, and the act or acts of...
• Section 17207.
  (a) Any person who intentionally violates any injunction prohibiting unfair competition issued pursuant to Section 17203 shall be liable for a civil penalty not to exceed...
• Section 17208.
  Any action to enforce any cause of action pursuant to this chapter shall be commenced within four years after the cause of action accrued. No...
• Section 17209.
  If a violation of this chapter is alleged or the application or construction of this chapter is in issue in any proceeding in the Supreme...
• Section 17210.
  (a) For purposes of this section, “hotel” means any hotel, motel, bed and breakfast inn, or other similar transient lodging establishment, but it does not include...

Last modified: October 22, 2018