Fin. Code, § 12318 · Chapter 4. Licensee Regulations
Fin. Code, § 12318
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
A prorater shall not take:
(a) Any contract, promise to pay, or other instrument which has any blank spaces when signed by a debtor;
(b) Any negotiable instrument for the prorater’s charges;
(c) Any note, wage assignment, real estate or chattel mortgage, or other security to secure the prorater’s charges;
(d) Any confession of judgment or power of attorney to confess judgment against the debtor or to appear for the debtor in a judicial proceeding.
(e) Concurrent with the signing of the contract or as part of the contract or as part of the application for the contract a release of any obligation to be performed on the part of the prorater.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 498.
Source of truth
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- As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
- Official file
- https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=FIN§ionNum=12318.
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