Article 1 - General

California Financial Code — §§ 18190-18192

Sections (4)

Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 827, Sec. 10. Effective January 1, 1999.

An industrial loan company may:

(a)Loan money, secured or unsecured, with or without the pledge of its installment investment certificates.

(b)Collect and receive charges for loans in advance or otherwise.

(c)Purchase, sell, or discount the following obligations: bona fide trust receipts, secured or unsecured choses in action, conditional sales contracts, or

security agreements.

(d)Purchase, sell, discount, or originate lease obligations.

§ 18191

Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 858, Sec. 13.

Sections 18008, 18009, 18010, 18212, 18212.1, 18214, 18219, 18220, 18222, 18230 through 18234, 18290 through 18295, and 18439 do not apply to:

(a)Any bona fide loan of a principal amount of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or more or to an industrial loan company in connection with any such loan if the provisions of the section are not used for the purpose of evading this division.

(b)An amount due from a contingent guarantor on his or her obligations purchased under the provisions of this division.

(c)A loan to a primary borrower who has pledged accounts receivable or installment accounts to secure loans which taken in the aggregate amount to ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or more.

§ 18191.5

Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 68, Sec. 1. Effective April 5, 1984.

Sections 18008, 18009, 18010, 18212, 18212.1, and 18214 do not apply to:

(a)Any bona fide loan of a principal amount of five thousand dollars ($5,000) or more, or to an industrial loan company in connection with any bona fide loan of a principal amount of five thousand dollars ($5,000) or more if the provisions of the section are not used for the purpose of evading this division.

(b)An amount due from a contingent guarantor on his or her obligations purchased under the provisions of this

division.

(c)A loan to a primary borrower who has pledged accounts receivable or installment accounts to secure loans which taken in the aggregate amount to five thousand dollars ($5,000) or more.

§ 18192

Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 964.

The payment of money, credit, goods, or things in action as consideration for any sale or assignment of, or order for, the payment of wages, salary, commissions, or other compensation for services, whether earned or to be earned, is, for the purposes of regulation under this division, a loan secured by such assignment, and the amount by which the assigned compensation exceeds the amount of consideration actually paid is interest and charges upon or for such loan from the date of payment to the date the compensation is payable. This section does not modify or affect existing statutes governing wage assignments in this state, or authorize such assignments.