Section 23037 Of Chapter 2. Deferred Deposit Transactions From California Financial Code >> Division 10. >> Chapter 2.
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. In no case shall a licensee do any of the following:
(a) Accept or use the same check for a subsequent transaction, or
permit a customer to pay off all or a portion of one deferred deposit
transaction with the proceeds of another.
(b) Accept any collateral for a deferred deposit transaction.
(c) Make any deferred deposit transaction contingent on the
purchase of insurance or any other goods or services.
(d) Enter into a deferred deposit transaction with a person
lacking the capacity to contract.
(e) Alter the date or any other information on a check.
(f) Engage in any unfair, unlawful, or deceptive conduct, or make
any statement that is likely to mislead in connection with the
business of deferred deposit transactions.
(g) Accept more than one check for a single deferred deposit
transaction.
(h) Take any check, instrument, or form in which blanks are left
to be filled in after execution.
(i) Offer, arrange, act as an agent for, or assist a deferred
deposit originator in any way in the making of a deferred deposit
transaction unless the deferred deposit originator complies with all
applicable federal and state laws and regulations, including the
provisions of this division.
(1) The prohibition specified in this subdivision does not apply
to the arranger, agent, or assistant to a state or federally
chartered bank, thrift, savings association, or industrial loan
company where the state or federally chartered bank, thrift, savings
association, or industrial loan company satisfies all of the
following:
(A) It initially advances the loan proceeds to the customer.
(B) It does not sell, assign, or transfer a preponderant economic
interest in the deferred deposit transaction to the arranger, agent,
or assistant, or an affiliate or subsidiary of the state or federally
chartered bank, thrift, savings association, or industrial loan
company, unless selling, assigning, or transferring a preponderant
economic interest is expressly permitted by the primary regulator of
the state or federally chartered bank, thrift, savings association,
or industrial loan company.
(C) It develops the deferred deposit transaction product or
products on its own.
(2) If a licensee offers, arranges, acts as an agent for, or
assists a state or federally chartered bank, thrift, savings
association, or industrial loan company in any way in the making of a
deferred deposit transaction and the state or federally chartered
bank, thrift, savings association, or industrial loan company meets
the standards set forth in paragraph (1), the licensee shall comply
with all other provisions in this division to the extent they are not
preempted by other state and federal laws.