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Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 31500
Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 31500
(a) The commissioner shall charge and collect the fees fixed by this section. All fees and charges collected under this section shall be transmitted to the Treasurer at least weekly, accompanied by a detailed statement thereof and shall be credited to the Financial Protection Fun
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Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 31501
Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 31501
Every final order, decision, license, or other official act of the commissioner is subject to judicial review in accordance with law.
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Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 31502
Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 31502
The commissioner may from time to time make, amend and rescind such rules, forms, and orders as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this law, including rules and forms governing applications and reports, and defining any terms, whether or not used in this law, insofar as
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Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 31503
Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 31503
All rules of the commissioner, other than those relating solely to the internal administration of the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation, shall be made, amended, or rescinded in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 11371) of Part 1
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Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 31504
Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 31504
(a) All applications, reports and other papers and documents filed with the commissioner under this law shall be open to public inspection, except that the commissioner may, in his discretion, withhold from public inspection any information the disclosure of which is, in the judg
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Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 31505
Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 31505
Upon request and at such reasonable charges as he prescribes by rule, the commissioner shall furnish to any person photostatic or other copies (certified under his seal of office if requested) of any document which is retained as a matter of public record, except that he shall no
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Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 31506
Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 31506
(a) The commissioner may destroy any applications or orders, together with the files and folders, as useless or obsolete, four years after the date of filing or issuance, with the approval of the Department of General Services; provided that a permanent record shall be maintained
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Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 31510
Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 31510
The commissioner in his discretion may honor requests from interested persons for interpretive opinions.
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Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 31511
Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 31511
No provision of this law imposing any liability applies to any act done or omitted in good faith in conformity with any rule, form, order, or any written interpretive opinion of the commissioner, or any opinion of the Attorney General, notwithstanding that the rule, form, order,
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Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 31512
Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 31512
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.
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Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 31512.1
Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 31512.1
Any provision of a franchise agreement, franchise disclosure document, acknowledgment, questionnaire, or other writing, including any exhibit thereto, disclaiming or denying any of the following shall be deemed contrary to public policy and shall be void and unenforceable: (a) Re
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Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 31513
Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 31513
Whenever a person is entitled under this law to a hearing in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, a formal hearing before the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation may be
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Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 31514
Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 31514
If any provision of this law or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this law which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisio
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Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 31515
Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 31515
Prior law exclusively governs all suits, actions, prosecutions or proceedings which are pending or may be initiated on the basis of facts or circumstances occurring before the effective date of this law.
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Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 31516
Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 31516
Nothing in this law is intended to preclude the applicability of the Real Estate Law, Part 1 (commencing with Section 10000), Division 4 of the Business and Professions Code, to any sale or lease of real property.
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Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 31520
Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 31520
(a) A franchise broker shall register by filing online all of the following with the commissioner: (1) A completed Uniform Franchise Broker Disclosure Document, as created and modified by the commissioner, that is signed and verified as true and correct by the filer. (2) Any addi
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Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 31521
Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 31521
(a) A registered franchise broker shall promptly notify the commissioner in writing by an application to amend the registration of any material change in the information contained in the latest Uniform Franchise Broker Disclosure Document filed by the franchise broker. (b) The co
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Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 31522
Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 31522
(a) The commissioner may summarily issue a stop order suspending or revoking any registration under this part if the commissioner finds that the franchise broker has failed to comply with any of the provisions of this division or any rule issued by the commissioner pertaining to
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Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 31523
Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 31523
A registered franchise broker offering a franchise for sale in this state shall keep and maintain a complete set of books, records, and accounts of that offer for a period of five calendar years.
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Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 31524
Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 31524
A registered franchise broker is subject to, and shall comply with, all of the following: (a) Section 31154. (b) Section 31155. (c) Section 31156. (d) Section 31157. (e) Section 31158.
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Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 31525
Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 31525
(a) It is unlawful for a franchise broker to offer or sell a franchise in this state unless the franchise broker is registered pursuant to this part. (b) For purposes of this section, an offer or sale of a franchise is made in this state if any of the following apply: (1) The pro
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Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 31526
Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 31526
(a) It is unlawful for a franchise broker to communicate with a prospective franchisee about investing in a franchise opportunity that is subject to registration pursuant to this division unless the franchise broker first provides to the prospective franchisee a copy of the compl
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Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 31527
Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 31527
For purposes of this part, the Uniform Franchise Broker Disclosure Document shall contain all of the following information: (a) A franchise broker cover page, as created and modified by the commissioner, that contains standardized language regarding franchise brokers, including,
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Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 31528
Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 31528
The implementation of this part is contingent upon an appropriation for its purposes by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act or other statute. This part shall become operative on the later of: (1) July 1, 2026, or (2) the first anniversary of the date on which the appropriati
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Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 316
Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 316
(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 309, directors of a corporation who approve any of the following corporate actions shall be jointly and severally liable to the corporation for the benefit of all of the creditors or shareholders entitled to institute an action under subdi