2025 California Code
Financial Code - FIN
DIVISION 3 - CHECK SELLERS, BILL PAYERS, AND PRORATERS
CHAPTER 4 - Licensee Regulations
Section 12319.

Universal Citation:
CA Fin Code § 12319 (2025)
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12319. Every contract between a prorater and a debtor shall:

(a) List every debt to be prorated with the creditor’s name and disclose the total of all such debts;

(b) Provide payments reasonably within the ability of the debtor to pay in precise terms;

(c) Disclose in precise terms the rate and amount of the prorater’s charge;

(d) Disclose the approximate number and amount of installments required to pay the debts in full;

(e) Disclose the name and address of the prorater and of the debtor;

(f) Contain such other provision or disclosures as the commissioner shall determine is necessary for the protection of the debtor and the proper conduct of business by a prorater.

(Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 498.)

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