{"data":{"id":"us-ca/civ-2984.5","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CIV § 2984.5","heading":"","body":"(a) A seller shall maintain the following documents for at least seven years or the length of the conditional sales contract, whichever is longer:\n(1) A copy of each buyer’s conditional sales contract.\n(2) Any documents relied upon by the seller to determine a buyer’s creditworthiness, including, but not limited to, any consumer credit report, as defined in Section 1785.3, or any other document containing a buyer’s credit score, as defined in Section 1785.15.1.\n(3) If the conditional sales contract is sold, assigned, or otherwise transferred, a copy of the terms of that sale, assignment, or transfer.\n(b) A seller that unlawfully fails to comply with a court order to produce the documents described in subdivision (a) shall be liable in an action brought by the Attorney General for a civil penalty of five thousand dollars ($5,000) per violation. The penalties provided by this section are in addition to all rights and remedies that are otherwise available under law.","path":["Civil Code - CIV","DIVISION 3. OBLIGATIONS [1427. - 3273.91.]","PART 4. OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS [1738. - 3273.91.]","TITLE 14. LIEN [2872. - 3081.]","CHAPTER 2b. Automobile Sales Finance Act [2981. - 2984.6.]"],"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":"771b8e5c1cec9caf09e682a8a687769c061df958eafc0be89f725f1defc39d50","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/civ-2984.4","next":"us-ca/civ-2984.6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}