California Insurance Code PART 8 - SERVICE CONTRACTS

• Section 12800.
  The following definitions apply for purposes of this part:(a) “Motor vehicle” means a self-propelled device operated solely or primarily upon land and may include both self-propelled...
• Section 12805.
  (a) Notwithstanding Sections 103 and 116, the following types of agreements covering watercraft or motor vehicles shall not constitute insurance:(1) A vehicle service contract that does each...
• Section 12810.
  (a) No person, other than a seller, shall sell or offer for sale a vehicle service contract to a purchaser.(b) No obligor shall use a seller as...
• Section 12815.
  (a) An obligor who is not a seller shall possess a vehicle service contract provider license. A vehicle service contract provider license shall be applied for...
• Section 12820.
  (a) Prior to offering a vehicle service contract form to a purchaser or providing a vehicle service contract form to a seller, an obligor shall file...
• Section 12825.
  (a) In addition to any other right of rescission an obligor or purchaser may have, an obligor may include a provision in a service contract that...
• Section 12830.
  (a) Prior to incurring an obligation under a vehicle service contract, an obligor shall file with the commissioner, to the attention of the legal division, and...
• Section 12835.
  (a) In the event an insurer cancels a policy that it has filed with the commissioner pursuant to Section 12830, the obligor named on the policy...
• Section 12836.
  In lieu of complying with Section 12830, an obligor or its parent company may establish to the commissioner’s satisfaction that it possesses a net worth...
• Section 12840.
  (a) Every obligor or its administrator shall maintain at its principal office complete and accurate accounts, books, and records of all transactions among the obligor, its...
• Section 12845.
  Any vehicle service contract obligor or administrator that provides vehicle service contract forms to sellers or purchasers, directly or indirectly, and fails to comply with...
• Section 12850.
  (a) An obligor has the burden of proving that a claim is not covered by a service contract. An obligor has the burden of proving that...
• Section 12855.
  The commissioner may adopt regulations necessary or desirable to implement this chapter.(Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 439, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 2004. Operative July...
• Section 12860.
  The provisions of this part are severable. If any provision of this part or its application is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect other...
• Section 12865.
  A promise to refund some or all of the purchase price of a service contract if the purchaser does not file any claims, files a...

Last modified: October 22, 2018