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California · Through 2026-09-13

FIN § 12318

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Where this section sits in the code
  1. Financial Code - FIN
  2. DIVISION 3. CHECK SELLERS, BILL PAYERS, AND PRORATERS [12000. - 12404.]
  3. CHAPTER 4. Licensee Regulations [12300. - 12332.]

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.

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