{"data":{"id":"us-ca/fin-22603","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"FIN § 22603","heading":"","body":"A licensee that is a finance lender shall provide a prospective borrower who has been referred by an unlicensed person the following written statement, in 10-point font or larger, at the time the licensee receives an application for a commercial loan, and shall require the prospective borrower to acknowledge receipt of the statement in writing:\n“You have been referred to us by [Name of Unlicensed Person]. If you are approved for the loan, we may pay a fee to [Name of Unlicensed Person] for the successful referral. [Licensee], and not [Name of Unlicensed Person] is the sole party authorized to offer a loan to you. You should ensure that you understand any loan offer we may extend to you before agreeing to the loan terms. If you wish to report a complaint about this loan transaction, you may contact the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation at 1-866-ASK-CORP (1-866-275-2677), or file your complaint online at www.dfpi.ca.gov.","path":["Financial Code - FIN","DIVISION 9. CALIFORNIA FINANCING LAW [22000. - 22780.1.]","CHAPTER 3. Commercial Loans [22500. - 22650.]","ARTICLE 3. Loan Regulations [22600. - 22604.]"],"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":"c5ac023da8f2e6ccf683ae260dc2e51b5256b93f0d515d2a3def561191b0f44a","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/fin-22602","next":"us-ca/fin-22604"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}