DIVISION 7. GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS 16000-18001›PART 2. PRESERVATION AND REGULATION OF COMPETITION 16600-17365›CHAPTER 1. Contracts in Restraint of Trade 16600-16607

§ 16600

California Business and Professions Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

Except as provided in this chapter, every contract by which anyone is restrained from engaging in a lawful profession, trade, or business of any kind is to that extent void.

(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 526.)

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