{"data":{"id":"us-ca/bpc-20040","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"BPC § 20040","heading":"","body":"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:\n(a) The standards applied in such arbitration are not less than the requirements specified in this chapter; and\n(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.","path":["Business and Professions Code - BPC","DIVISION 8. SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS [18400. - 22949.92.2.]","CHAPTER 5.5. Franchise Relations [20000. - 20044.]","ARTICLE 7. Arbitration [20040. - 20040.]"],"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":"aedea8ee76a35ae89a70ed6ffbf82334a80b641433c9ecd043bd600410f8b0bb","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/bpc-20037","next":"us-ca/bpc-20040.5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}