{"data":{"id":"us-ca/corp-31210","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CORP § 31210","heading":"","body":"It is unlawful for any person to effect or attempt to effect a sale of a franchise in this state, except in transactions exempted under Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 31100) of Part 2 of this division, unless that person is any of the following:\n(a) Identified in Item 2 of a franchise disclosure document submitted with an application or amended application filed with the commissioner pursuant to Part 2 (commencing with Section 31100) of this division.\n(b) Licensed by the Department of Real Estate as a real estate broker or real estate salesperson.\n(c) Licensed by the commissioner as a broker-dealer or agent pursuant to the Corporate Securities Law of 1968.\n(d) Registered as a franchise broker pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 31520).","path":["Corporations Code - CORP","TITLE 4. SECURITIES [25000. - 31528.]","DIVISION 5. FRANCHISE INVESTMENT LAW [31000. - 31528.]","PART 3. FRAUDULENT AND PROHIBITED PRACTICES [31200. - 31221.]","CHAPTER 2. Prohibited Practices [31210. - 31212.]"],"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":"4b6a8f6810e59d7d15e8aadcb5c9825cce672eef6dbd527409d4019cc33622e3","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/corp-31204","next":"us-ca/corp-31211"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}