Actions for Injunctions by Attorney General, District Attorney, County Counsel, and City Attorneys
Actions for relief pursuant to this chapter shall be prosecuted exclusively in a court of competent jurisdiction by the Attorney General or a district attorney or by a county counsel authorized by agreement with the district attorney in actions involving violation of a county ordinance, or by a city attorney of a city having a population in excess of 750,000, or by a county counsel of any county within which a city has a population in excess of 750,000, or by a city attorney in a city and county or, with the consent of the district attorney, by a city prosecutor in a city having a full-time city prosecutor in the name of the people of the State of California upon their own complaint or upon the complaint of a board, officer, person, corporation, or association, or by a person who has suffered injury in fact and has lost money or property as a result of the unfair competition.
Ca. Bus. and Prof. Code § 17204
Amended by Stats 2021 ch 140 (SB 461),s 1, eff. 1/1/2022.
Amended by Stats 2008 ch 179 (SB 1498),s 23, eff. 1/1/2009.
Amended by Stats 2007 ch 17 (SB 376),s 1, eff. 1/1/2008.
Amended by Proposition 64, enacted by the people of the State of California 11/2/2004, eff. 11/3/2004. .