Civ. Code, § 1799.301 · Title 1.90. Commercial Financing Transactions with Small Businesses
Civ. Code, § 1799.301
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
This title does not apply to any of the following:
(a) A provider that is a depository institution.
(b) A provider that is a lender regulated under the federal Farm Credit Act of 1971 (12 U.S.C. Sec. 2001 et seq.).
(c) A commercial financing transaction secured by real property.
(d) A person who makes no more than one commercial financing transaction in California in a 12-month period.
(e) A person who makes five or fewer commercial financing transactions in California in a 12-month period that are incidental to the business of that person.
(f) A commercial financing transaction in which the recipient is a dealer, as defined by Section 285 of the Vehicle Code, or an affiliate of the dealer, pursuant to a specific commercial financing offer or commercial open-end credit plan of at least fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), including, but not limited to, a commercial loan made pursuant to that commercial financing transaction.
(g) A commercial financing transaction in which the recipient is a vehicle rental company, or an affiliate of the vehicle rental company, pursuant to a specific commercial financing offer or commercial open-end credit plan of at least fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), including, but not limited to, a commercial loan made pursuant to that commercial financing transaction.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 881, Sec. 1. (SB 666) Effective January 1, 2024.
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