# California — Franchise termination notice and good-cause requirements by US state — quoted from the state franchise relationship statute

For California, good cause required to terminate is Yes, for termination before the end of the franchise term; relationship the statute covers is Franchises; notice period before termination is notice at least 60 days in advance of the termination; cure period is in no event shall be less than 60 days from the date of the notice of noncompliance; statute is Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 20020, recorded from its source on 2026-09-02.

- **State:** California _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Good cause required to terminate:** Yes, for termination before the end of the franchise term _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Relationship the statute covers:** Franchises _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Notice period before termination:** notice at least 60 days in advance of the termination _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Cure period:** in no event shall be less than 60 days from the date of the notice of noncompliance _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statute:** Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 20020 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, no franchisor may terminate a franchise prior to the expiration of its term, except for good cause. Except as provided in Section 20021, good cause shall be limited to the failure of the franchisee to substantially comply with the lawful requirements imposed upon the franchisee by the franchise agreement after being given notice at least 60 days in advance of the termination and a reasonable opportunity, which in no event shall be less than 60 days from the date of the notice of noncompliance, to cure the failure. The period to exercise the right to cure shall not exceed 75 days unless there is a separate agreement between the franchisor and franchisee to extend the time.

## Where each value comes from

This source states these in separate places, so each value is shown with the passage that states it.

### Statute

> ARTICLE 3. Termination [20020 - 20022] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1355, Sec. 1. )

## Source

- https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=BPC&sectionNum=20020.

Last verified: 2026-09-02. Review by: 2027-09-02.
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