{"data":{"id":"us-ca/bpc-20009","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"BPC § 20009","heading":"","body":"The regulations, releases, guidelines, and interpretive opinions of the Commissioner of Financial Protection and Innovation under the Franchise Investment Law (Division 5 (commencing with Section 31000) of Title 4 of the Corporations Code) regarding whether or not an agreement constitutes a “franchise” within the meaning of that law shall be prima facie evidence of the scope and extent of coverage of the definition of “franchise” under this chapter; provided, however, the burden of proving an exemption or an exception from a definition is upon the person claiming it.","path":["Business and Professions Code - BPC","DIVISION 8. SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS [18400. - 22949.92.2.]","CHAPTER 5.5. Franchise Relations [20000. - 20044.]","ARTICLE 1. Definitions [20000. - 20010.]"],"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":"7ec8445b849bed6015cc5d81511a33456c1e2c91bfd0a70df1493ef1111c9dc3","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/bpc-20008","next":"us-ca/bpc-20010"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}