Bus. & Prof. Code, § 17204 · Chapter 5. Enforcement
Bus. & Prof. Code, § 17204
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Actions for Injunctions by Attorney General, District Attorney, County Counsel, and City Attorneys
Actions for relief pursuant to this chapter shall be prosecuted exclusively in a court of competent jurisdiction by the Attorney General or a district attorney or by a county counsel authorized by agreement with the district attorney in actions involving violation of a county ordinance, or by a city attorney of a city having a population in excess of 750,000, or by a county counsel of any county within which a city has a population in excess of 750,000, or by a city attorney in a city and county or, with the consent of the district attorney, by a city prosecutor in a city having a full-time city prosecutor in the name of the people of the State of California upon their own complaint or upon the complaint of a board, officer, person, corporation, or association, or by a person who has suffered injury in fact and has lost money or property as a result of the unfair competition.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 140, Sec. 1. (SB 461) Effective January 1, 2022. Note: This section was amended on Nov. 2, 2004, by initiative Prop. 64.
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