{"code":"BPC","codeName":"Business and Professions Code","section":"17204","citation":"Bus. & Prof. Code, § 17204","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 7. GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS [16000. - 18107.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-7"},{"name":"PART 2. PRESERVATION AND REGULATION OF COMPETITION [16600. - 17365.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-7/part-2"},{"name":"CHAPTER 5. Enforcement [17200. - 17210.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-7/part-2/chapter-5"}],"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.","effective":"2022-01-01","html":"<p>Actions for Injunctions by Attorney General, District Attorney, County Counsel, and City Attorneys</p><p>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.</p>","text":"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.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/enforcement-17204","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}