{"data":{"id":"us-ca/civ-1812.642","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CIV § 1812.642","heading":"","body":"A lessor shall not discriminate against a prospective consumer on any ground that would be a prohibited basis for a creditor to discriminate against an applicant for credit as provided in the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (15 U.S.C. Sec. 1691 et seq.) and Regulation B (12 C.F.R. Part 202) as if they applied to a rental-purchase agreement. Nothing in this section shall be construed in any manner to mean that a rental-purchase agreement is a credit transaction.","path":["Civil Code - CIV","DIVISION 3. OBLIGATIONS [1427. - 3273.91.]","PART 4. OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS [1738. - 3273.91.]","TITLE 2.96. CALIFORNIA RENTAL-PURCHASE ACT [1812.620. - 1812.650.]"],"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":"94d59714374fdca57292caa5863991a49a29c101eaa0806075bb63e10157b538","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/civ-1812.641","next":"us-ca/civ-1812.643"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}