California Code
Financial Code - FIN
DIVISION 8 - PAWNBROKERS

CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions

ARTICLE 1 - Definitions

Section 21000. - 21000. Every person engaged in the business of receiving goods,...

Section 21000.7. - 21000.7. As used in this division “receiving goods as security...

Section 21001. - 21001. “Compensation” includes expenses, interest, disbursements, storage charges, and all...

Section 21002. - 21002. (a) As used in this division, “pledged property” is...

Section 21003. - 21003. For purposes of this division, the term “month” means...

ARTICLE 2 - Exceptions to This Division

Section 21050. - 21050. This division does not apply to any of the...

Section 21051. - 21051. (a) The limitations with respect to rates and charges...

CHAPTER 2 - Pawnbroker Regulations

Section 21200. - 21200. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, no...

Section 21200.1. - 21200.1. A loan setup fee of seven dollars and fifty...

Section 21200.5. - 21200.5. A pawnbroker may charge as prescribed in the following...

Section 21200.6. - 21200.6. (a) In addition to other allowed charges, at the...

Section 21200.7. - 21200.7. The maximum charge of compensation charged by a pawnbroker...

Section 21200.8. - 21200.8. In addition to other allowed charges, a pawnbroker may...

Section 21200.9. - 21200.9. No licensed pawnbroker shall promise any seller of tangible...

Section 21201. - 21201. (a) Every loan made by a pawnbroker for which...

Section 21201.1. - 21201.1. Whenever a pledger, or his or her assignee, loses...

Section 21201.2. - 21201.2. If the pledgor fails to redeem any pawned item...

Section 21201.3. - 21201.3. (a) The written contract required pursuant to Section 21201...

Section 21201.4. - 21201.4. Charges for the first three months of any loan...

Section 21201.5. - 21201.5. (a) During the contractual loan period and any extension...

Section 21201.6. - 21201.6. The requirement for a written contract signed by the...

Section 21202. - 21202. Every pawnbroker shall enter at the time of the...

Section 21203. - 21203. Any property held in pawn which is not subject...

Section 21204. - 21204. Every pawnbroker, upon redemption of a loan contract, shall...

Section 21205. - 21205. Representatives of the pawnbroker industry shall poll their members...

Section 21206. - 21206. Every pawnbroker shall produce his or her records of...

Section 21206.7. - 21206.7. Whenever any property is taken from a pawnbroker by...

Section 21206.8. - 21206.8. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Chapter 12 (commencing with...

Section 21207. - 21207. No pawnbroker shall receive anything in pledge from any...

Section 21208. - 21208. A pawnbroker shall comply with the reporting requirements imposed...

Section 21209. - 21209. The violation of any provision of this chapter under...

CHAPTER 3 - Licensure

Section 21300. - 21300. (a) The chief of police, the sheriff, or, where...

Section 21300.1. - 21300.1. It is unlawful for any person who is not...

Section 21301. - 21301. (a) A license granted pursuant to Section 21300 shall...

Section 21301.1. - 21301.1. It is unlawful for any person to advertise his...

Section 21302. - 21302. The district attorney or the Attorney General, in the...

Section 21303. - 21303. (a) As a condition precedent to the issuance or...

Section 21304. - 21304. (a) As a condition precedent to the issuing of...

Section 21305. - 21305. A license issued pursuant to this chapter shall not...

Section 21306. - 21306. A pawnbroker licensed under Section 21300 is exempt from...

Section 21307. - 21307. Except as otherwise specifically provided, the violation of any...