§ 81
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/ca/civil-code/81A research copy — for the controlling text, always check the official state or federal source. Not legal advice.
As used in this part:
(a)“Person” means a natural person, partnership, joint venture, corporation, limited liability company, or other entity.
(b)“Dealership” means a contract or agreement, either express or implied, whether oral or written, between two or more persons, by which a person is granted the right to sell or distribute goods or services, or to use a trade name, trademark, service mark, logotype, or advertising or other commercial symbol, in which there is a community of interest in the business of offering, selling, or distributing goods or services at wholesale, or at retail, by lease, agreement, or otherwise.
(c)“Grantor” means a person who sells, leases, or otherwise transfers a dealership.
(d)“Community of interest” means a continuing financial interest between the grantor and grantee in either the operation of the dealership or the marketing of goods or services.
(e)“Dealer” means a person who is a grantee of a dealership situated in this state.
(f)“Grant” means a sale, lease, or transfer of any kind.