DIVISION 7. GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS 16000-18001›PART 2. PRESERVATION AND REGULATION OF COMPETITION 16600-17365›CHAPTER 4. Unfair Trade Practices 17000-17101›ARTICLE 3. Offenses Against the Chapter 17040-17051
§ 17040
California Business and Professions Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California
It is unlawful for any person engaged in the production, manufacture, distribution or sale of any article or product of general use or consumption, with intent to destroy the competition of any regular established dealer in such article or product, or to prevent the competition of any person who in good faith, intends and attempts to become such dealer, to create locality discriminations.
Nothing in this section prohibits the meeting in good faith of a competitive price.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 526.)
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