California Civil Code TITLE 1.6E - CREDIT SERVICES

• Section 1789.10.
  This title shall be known and may be cited as the “Credit Services Act of 1984.”(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1177, Sec. 1.)
• Section 1789.11.
  The Legislature finds and declares that:(a) The ability to obtain and use credit has become of great importance to consumers, who have a vital interest in...
• Section 1789.12.
  As used in this title:(a) “Credit services organization” means a person who, with respect to the extension of credit by others, sells, provides, or performs, or...
• Section 1789.13.
  A credit services organization and its salespersons, agents, representatives, and independent contractors who sell or attempt to sell the services of a credit services organization...
• Section 1789.14.
  Prior to the execution of a contract or agreement between the buyer and a credit services organization, the credit services organization shall provide the buyer...
• Section 1789.15.
  The information statement shall include all of the following:(a) A complete and detailed description of the services to be performed by the credit services organization for...
• Section 1789.16.
  (a) A credit services organization shall not provide any service to a buyer except pursuant to a written contract that complies with this section. Every contract...
• Section 1789.17.
  The seller’s breach of a contract under this title or of any obligation arising therefrom shall constitute a violation of this title.(Added by Stats. 1984,...
• Section 1789.18.
  No credit services organization shall conduct business in this state unless the credit services organization has first obtained a surety bond in the principal amount...
• Section 1789.19.
  (a) Any waiver by a buyer of the provisions of this title shall be deemed contrary to public policy and shall be void and unenforceable. Any...
• Section 1789.20.
  (a) Any person who violates any provision of this title is guilty of a misdemeanor. Any superior court of this state shall have jurisdiction in equity...
• Section 1789.21.
  (a) Any buyer injured by a violation of this title or by the credit services organization’s breach of a contract subject to this title may bring...
• Section 1789.22.
  The provisions of this title are not exclusive and do not relieve the parties or the contracts subject thereto from compliance with any other applicable...
• Section 1789.23.
  If any provision of this title or if any application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the title and...
• Section 1789.24.
  (a) When a deposit has been made in lieu of a bond pursuant to Section 995.710 of the Code of Civil Procedure, the person asserting a...
• Section 1789.25.
  (a) Every credit services organization shall file a registration application with, and receive a certificate of registration from, the Department of Justice before conducting business in...
• Section 1789.26.
  (a) The Secretary of State shall enforce the provisions of this title that govern the filing and maintenance of bonds and deposits in lieu of bonds.(b) The...

Last modified: October 22, 2018