{"data":{"id":"us-ca/civ-1802.13","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CIV § 1802.13","heading":"","body":"“Holder” means the retail seller who acquires a retail installment contract or installment account executed, incurred or entered into by a retail buyer, or if the contract or installment account is purchased by a financing agency or other assignee, the financing agency or other assignee. The term does not include the pledgee of or the holder of a security interest in an aggregate number of such contracts or installment accounts to secure a bona fide loan thereon.","path":["Civil Code - CIV","DIVISION 3. OBLIGATIONS [1427. - 3273.91.]","PART 4. OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS [1738. - 3273.91.]","TITLE 2. CREDIT SALES [1801. - 1812.35.]","CHAPTER 1. Retail Installment Sales [1801. - 1812.20.]","ARTICLE 2. Definitions [1802. - 1802.21.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"11198bc40a5ab29c66f11b2c9d606765b03b286f8a49c312c39ac3873a9a4793","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/civ-1802.12","next":"us-ca/civ-1802.14"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}