California Business and Professions Code

§ 20040

BPC § 20040 Effective Oct 1, 1980Div. 8 · Ch. 5.5 · Art. 7

Statute text

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:

(a)The standards applied in such arbitration are not less than the requirements specified in this chapter; and

(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.

Legislative history

Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1355, Sec. 1. Effective October 1, 1980. Operative January 1, 1981, by Sec. 6 of Ch. 1355.