Article 6. Miscellaneous of California Government Code >> Division 7. >> Title 1. >> Chapter 20. >> Article 6.

Except as provided in Sections 6069, 10145, 10146, and 17766.5 of the Business and Professions Code, Sections 25134, 25241, 29535, and 31111 of the Corporations Code, Sections 12300.3, 14250, 14251, 14252, 14253, 14254, 14255, 14406, 14653, 17409, 18612, 18945, 18986, 22406, and 24406 of the Financial Code, Section 12586 of the Government Code, Sections 1351.1, 1352 and 1357 of the Health and Safety Code, Sections 904 and 1703 of the Insurance Code, Section 1092 of the Unemployment Insurance Code, and Section 11703.4 of the Vehicle Code, no waiver by a customer of any right or procedure hereunder shall be valid, whether oral or written, and whether with or without consideration.

Should any other law grant or appear to grant power or authority to any person to violate the provisions of this chapter, the provisions of this chapter shall supersede and pro tanto override and annul such law, except those statutes hereinafter enacted which specifically refer to this chapter.

If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid for any reason, such invalidity shall not affect any other provisions or applications of this chapter which can be effected, without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are severable.

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to preclude a state or local agency from obtaining a credit report or consumer credit report from anyone other than a financial institution.