{"data":{"id":"us-ca/bpc-17001","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"BPC § 17001","heading":"","body":"The Legislature declares that the purpose of this chapter is to safeguard the public against the creation or perpetuation of monopolies and to foster and encourage competition, by prohibiting unfair, dishonest, deceptive, destructive, fraudulent and discriminatory practices by which fair and honest competition is destroyed or prevented.","path":["Business and Professions Code - BPC","DIVISION 7. GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS [16000. - 18107.]","PART 2. PRESERVATION AND REGULATION OF COMPETITION [16600. - 17365.]","CHAPTER 4. Unfair Trade Practices [17000. - 17101.]","ARTICLE 1. General Provisions [17000. - 17002.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"7b2fd040a5030efb694ad7422ad5e9f6b0fc06de0609fcb9086809d477f63eb5","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/bpc-17000","next":"us-ca/bpc-17002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}