California Code
DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY
CHAPTER 11 - Repossessors

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 7500. - 7500. This chapter of the Business and Professions Code constitutes...

Section 7500.1. - 7500.1. As used in this chapter: (a) “Advertisement” means any...

Section 7500.2. - 7500.2. (a) A repossession agency means and includes any person...

Section 7500.3. - 7500.3. (a) A repossession agency shall not include any of...

ARTICLE 2 - Administration

Section 7501. - 7501. There is in the Department of Consumer Affairs a...

Section 7501.05. - 7501.05. Protection of the public shall be the highest priority...

Section 7501.1. - 7501.1. The Governor shall appoint a chief of the bureau...

Section 7501.2. - 7501.2. Every power and duty granted to or imposed upon...

Section 7501.3. - 7501.3. The director, in accordance with the State Civil Service...

Section 7501.4. - 7501.4. The chief shall gather evidence of violations of this...

Section 7501.5. - 7501.5. It shall be the duty of the chief to...

Section 7501.6. - 7501.6. The director may establish and enforce such rules and...

Section 7501.7. - 7501.7. If, upon investigation, the director determines that a licensee,...

Section 7501.8. - 7501.8. (a) When considering the denial of a license, registration,...

Section 7501.9. - 7501.9. It is the intent of the Legislature, consistent with...

ARTICLE 3 - Application of Chapter

Section 7502. - 7502. No person shall engage within this state in the...

Section 7502.1. - 7502.1. (a) Any person who violates any provision of this...

Section 7502.2. - 7502.2. (a) A financial institution or a buy-here-pay-here dealer, as...

Section 7502.3. - 7502.3. Any person who knowingly falsifies the fingerprints or photographs...

Section 7502.4. - 7502.4. In addition to the remedy provided for in Section...

Section 7502.5. - 7502.5. The provisions of this chapter do not prevent the...

Section 7502.6. - 7502.6. (a) The superior court in and for the county...

ARTICLE 4 - Licenses

Section 7503. - 7503. An application for a repossession agency license shall be...

Section 7503.1. - 7503.1. (a) Each individual applicant for examination and each manager,...

Section 7503.2. - 7503.2. If the applicant for license is an individual, the...

Section 7503.3. - 7503.3. If the applicants for license are copartners, the application...

Section 7503.4. - 7503.4. (a) If the applicant for a license is a...

Section 7503.5. - 7503.5. If the director determines that the applicant, if an...

Section 7503.6. - 7503.6. No license may be issued to any applicant pending...

Section 7503.7. - 7503.7. The form and content of the license shall be...

Section 7503.8. - 7503.8. Each repossession agency license or duplicate license, together with...

Section 7503.9. - 7503.9. (a) Except as provided in this section, a repossession...

Section 7503.10. - 7503.10. (a) An original repossession agency license shall expire one...

Section 7503.11. - 7503.11. An expired license may be reinstated within one year...

Section 7503.12. - 7503.12. A suspended repossession agency license is subject to expiration...

Section 7503.13. - 7503.13. A revoked repossession agency license is subject to expiration...

Section 7503.14. - 7503.14. (a) A repossession agency license which is not renewed...

ARTICLE 5 - Examination

Section 7504. - 7504. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, an...

Section 7504.1. - 7504.1. The director may refuse to issue a qualification certificate,...

Section 7504.2. - 7504.2. Examinations and reexaminations shall be given at least once...

Section 7504.3. - 7504.3. In order to be eligible for an initial examination,...

Section 7504.4. - 7504.4. If an applicant fails to pass an initial examination,...

Section 7504.5. - 7504.5. All applicants shall be examined concerning their competency, experience,...

Section 7504.6. - 7504.6. If an applicant fails to complete his or her...

Section 7504.7. - 7504.7. (a) Except as provided in this section, every qualification...

Section 7504.8. - 7504.8. A person may work as a qualified certificate holder...

ARTICLE 6 - Offices

Section 7505. - 7505. A licensee desiring to operate a repossession business at...

Section 7505.1. - 7505.1. Every office licensed as a repossession agency shall be...

Section 7505.3. - 7505.3. (a) Whenever a qualified certificate holder actively in charge...

Section 7505.4. - 7505.4. Except as herein otherwise provided, no person shall be...

Section 7505.5. - 7505.5. The person deemed to be actively in charge of...

ARTICLE 7 - Registration

Section 7506.3. - 7506.3. Except as otherwise provided in this article, every person...

Section 7506.4. - 7506.4. The application for an initial registration or a reregistration...

Section 7506.5. - 7506.5. All information obtained on the application shall be confidential...

Section 7506.6. - 7506.6. Qualified certificate holders who comply with other provisions of...

Section 7506.7. - 7506.7. Employees of a licensee who are engaged exclusively in...

Section 7506.8. - 7506.8. (a) The director may refuse to register any applicant...

Section 7506.9. - 7506.9. (a) Upon the issuance of the initial registration, reregistration,...

Section 7506.10. - 7506.10. (a) Every initial registration shall expire one year following...

Section 7506.11. - 7506.11. (a) Each registration is valid until the registrant ceases...

Section 7506.12. - 7506.12. The proceedings under this article shall be conducted in...

Section 7506.13. - 7506.13. (a) The licensee shall at all times be responsible...

Section 7506.14. - 7506.14. If the chief determines that continued services by an...

ARTICLE 8 - Conduct of Business

Section 7507. - 7507. A licensee shall notify the bureau within 30 days...

Section 7507.1. - 7507.1. A licensee or a qualified certificate holder shall, within...

Section 7507.2. - 7507.2. (a) A licensee is responsible for those actions that...

Section 7507.3. - 7507.3. A repossession agency shall be required to keep and...

Section 7507.4. - 7507.4. A licensed repossession agency or its registrants shall not...

Section 7507.5. - 7507.5. No charge shall be made for services incurred in...

Section 7507.6. - 7507.6. (a) Within seven days after a violent act has...

Section 7507.7. - 7507.7. Within seven days after receiving a final civil court...

Section 7507.8. - 7507.8. Every advertisement by a licensee, soliciting or advertising business,...

Section 7507.9. - 7507.9. Personal effects shall be removed from the collateral, including...

Section 7507.10. - 7507.10. A licensee shall serve a debtor with a notice...

Section 7507.11. - 7507.11. Any written report to a client shall be submitted...

Section 7507.115. - 7507.115. (a) A licensee shall not appraise or determine the...

Section 7507.12. - 7507.12. (a) With regard to collateral subject to registration under...

Section 7507.125. - 7507.125. Nothing in this chapter prohibits the using or taking...

Section 7507.13. - 7507.13. (a) A licensed repossession agency is not liable for...

ARTICLE 9 - Prohibited Acts and Citations

Section 7508. - 7508. The director may assess administrative fines against any repossession...

Section 7508.1. - 7508.1. The director may assess administrative fines for the following...

Section 7508.2. - 7508.2. The director may assess administrative fines for any of...

Section 7508.3. - 7508.3. A licensee, or any of his or her registrants...

Section 7508.4. - 7508.4. The director may assess administrative fines for any of...

Section 7508.5. - 7508.5. The director may assess administrative fines against a repossession...

Section 7508.6. - 7508.6. The director may assess administrative fines against any repossession...

Section 7508.7. - 7508.7. (a) Except as otherwise provided by law, a repossession...

Section 7508.8. - 7508.8. (a) Notwithstanding Section 7508.3, an oval, shield, round, square,...

Section 7509. - 7509. (a) (1) A licensee, certificate holder, or registrant under...

Section 7509.1. - 7509.1. (a) On or before July 1, 2017, the Governor...

Section 7509.2. - 7509.2. (a) The Collateral Recovery Disciplinary Review Committee shall perform...

Section 7509.3. - 7509.3. (a) The bureau shall provide the Collateral Recovery Disciplinary...

ARTICLE 10 - Disciplinary Proceedings

Section 7510. - 7510. Except as otherwise required to comply with the provisions...

Section 7510.1. - 7510.1. In addition to any other remedies authorized by this...

Section 7510.2. - 7510.2. (a) Any licensee, or any officer, partner, registrant, employee,...

Section 7510.3. - 7510.3. Notwithstanding any other law, the failure of any person...

Section 7510.4. - 7510.4. The record of conviction, or a certified copy thereof,...

ARTICLE 11 - Revenue

Section 7511. - 7511. The bureau shall establish and assess fees and penalties...

ARTICLE 12 - Review

Section 7511.5. - 7511.5. Notwithstanding any other law, the powers and duties of...