California · Corporations Code

CORP §31013: (a) An offer or sale of a franchise is made in this state when an offer to sell is made in this state, or an offer to buy is accepted in this state, or if the franchise business is intended to or will

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A franchise offer or sale occurs in this state when an offer to sell is made here, an offer to buy is accepted here, or the franchise business is intended to operate here.

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(a) An offer or sale of a franchise is made in this state when an offer to sell is made in this state, or an offer to buy is accepted in this state, or if the franchise business is intended to or will be operated in this state. (b) An offer to sell is made in this state when the offer either originates from this state or is directed by the offeror to this state and received at the place to which it is directed. An offer to sell is accepted in this state when acceptance is communicated to the offeror in this state, and acceptance is communicated to the offeror in this state when the offeree directs it to the offeror in this state reasonably believing the offeror to be in this state and it is received at the place to which it is directed. (c) An offer to sell is not made in this state merely because (1) the publisher circulates or there is circulated on their behalf in this state any bona fide newspaper or other publication of general, regular, and paid circulation that has had more than two-thirds of its circulation outside this state during the past 12 months, or (2) a radio or television program originating outside this state is received in this state.

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