{"code":"BPC","codeName":"Business and Professions Code","section":"20040","citation":"Bus. & Prof. Code, § 20040","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 8. SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS [18400. - 22949.92.2.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-8"},{"name":"CHAPTER 5.5. Franchise Relations [20000. - 20044.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-8/chapter-5.5"},{"name":"ARTICLE 7. Arbitration [20040. - 20040.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-8/chapter-5.5/article-7"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1355, Sec. 1.   Effective October 1, 1980.   Operative January 1, 1981, by Sec. 6 of Ch. 1355.","effective":"1980-10-01","html":"<p>Nothing contained in this chapter shall limit the right of a franchisor and franchisee to agree before or after a dispute has arisen to binding arbitration of claims under this chapter, provided that:</p><p>(a) The standards applied in such arbitration are not less than the requirements specified in this chapter; and</p><p>(b) The arbitrator or arbitrators employed in such arbitration are chosen from a list of impartial arbitrators supplied by the American Arbitration Association or other impartial person.</p>","text":"Nothing contained in this chapter shall limit the right of a franchisor and franchisee to agree before or after a dispute has arisen to binding arbitration of claims under this chapter, provided that: (a) The standards applied in such arbitration are not less than the requirements specified in this chapter; and (b) The arbitrator or arbitrators employed in such arbitration are chosen from a list of impartial arbitrators supplied by the American Arbitration Association or other impartial person.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/arbitration-20040","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}