Unfair Practices Act
California · BPC · §§ 17000 to 17101 · 53 sections
Overview
The Unfair Practices Act regulates unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive conduct in trade and commerce, setting out the general scope of its coverage and defining the terms that determine which businesses and transactions fall within it. It designates specified conduct as violations of the act, establishing the prohibitions that enforcement rests on. Alongside those prohibitions, it creates civil liability, allowing parties injured by a violation to pursue remedies through the courts rather than leaving enforcement solely to public officials.
Editorial summary generated from the text of this act. It is not part of the statute — read the sections below for the operative language.
In the courts
Sections of this act have been cited in 263 court decisions.
Most-cited authority: 20 Cal. 4th 163 - Cel-Tech Communications, Inc. v. Los Angeles Cellular Telephone Co.
Sections covered
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17000General Provisions82 cites
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17001General Provisions18 cites
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17002General Provisions6 cites
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17020Definitions1 cite
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17021Definitions1 cite
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17022Definitions1 cite
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17023Definitions
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17024Definitions4 cites
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17025Definitions
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17026Definitions6 cites
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17026.1Definitions
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17026.5Definitions
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17027Definitions
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17028Definitions
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17029Definitions
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17030Definitions8 cites
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17031Definitions2 cites
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17040Offenses Against the Chapter8 cites
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17041Offenses Against the Chapter2 cites
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17042Offenses Against the Chapter6 cites
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17043Offenses Against the Chapter39 cites
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17044Offenses Against the Chapter6 cites
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17045Offenses Against the Chapter17 cites
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17046Offenses Against the Chapter2 cites
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17047Offenses Against the Chapter
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17048Offenses Against the Chapter1 cite
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17048.5Offenses Against the Chapter
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17049Offenses Against the Chapter
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17050Offenses Against the Chapter7 cites
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17051Offenses Against the Chapter1 cite
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17070Civil Liability14 cites
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17071Civil Liability12 cites
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17071.5Civil Liability2 cites
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17072Civil Liability
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17073Civil Liability
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17074Civil Liability
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17075Civil Liability
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17076Civil Liability
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17077Civil Liability
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17078Civil Liability
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17079Civil Liability
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17080Civil Liability
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17081Civil Liability2 cites
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17082Civil Liability11 cites
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17083Civil Liability
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17084Civil Liability
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17085Civil Liability
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17086Civil Liability
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17087Civil Liability
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17095Liability of Agents
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17096Liability of Agents
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17100Penal Provisions4 cites
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17101Penal Provisions
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