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Cal. Corp. Code § 31512

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Known as the Franchise Investment Law

The act spans §§ 31000–31528 (118 sections).

Applied in 28 court decisions — leading case Southland Corp. v. Keating (1984)

Most recently applied in 144 F. Supp. 3d 1069 - Meadows v. Dickey's Barbecue Restaurants Inc. (November 2015)

Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1400.

How often courts cite this section

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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.

Any condition, stipulation or provision purporting to bind any person acquiring any franchise to waive compliance with any provision of this law or any rule or order hereunder is void.

Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.