As used in this chapter “person” or “persons” includes corporations, firms, partnerships and associations existing under or authorized by the laws of this State or any other State, or any foreign country.
Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 16702
General Provisions
Applied in 10 court decisions — leading case 39 Cal. 3d 311 - Blank v. Kirwan (1985)
Most recently applied in Greencycle Paint, Inc. v. Paintcare, Inc. (April 2017)
Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 526.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.