Section 11736 Of Article 1. Issuance Of Licenses And Certificates To Manufacturers, Transporters, And Dealers From California Vehicle Code >> Division 5. >> Chapter 4. >> Article 1.
11736
. It is unlawful for any dealer licensed under this article to
do any of the following when brokering a retail sale:
(a) Fail to execute a written brokering agreement, as described in
Section 11738, and provide a completed copy to both of the
following:
(1) Any consumer entering into the brokering agreement. The
completed copy shall be provided prior to the consumer's signing of
an agreement for the purchase of the vehicle described in the
brokering agreement or, prior to accepting one hundred dollars ($100)
or more from that consumer, whichever occurs first.
(2) The selling dealer. The completed copy shall be provided prior
to the selling dealer's entering into a purchase agreement with the
consumer.
(b) Accept a purchase deposit from any consumer that exceeds 2.5
percent of the selling price of the vehicle described in the
brokering agreement.
(c) Fail to refund any purchase money, including purchase
deposits, upon demand by a consumer at any time prior to the consumer'
s signing of a vehicle purchase agreement with a selling dealer and
taking delivery of the vehicle described in the brokering agreement.
(d) Fail to cancel a brokering agreement and refund, upon demand,
any money paid by a consumer, including any brokerage fee, under any
of the following circumstances:
(1) When the final price of the brokered vehicle exceeds the
purchase price listed in the brokering agreement.
(2) When the vehicle delivered is not as described in the
brokering agreement.
(3) When the brokering agreement expires prior to the customer
being presented with a purchase agreement from a selling dealer
arranged through the brokering dealer that contains a purchase price
at or below the price listed in the brokering agreement.
(e) Act as a seller and provide brokering services, both in the
same transaction.
(f) Fail to disclose to the consumer and selling dealer, as soon
as practicable, whether the autobroker receives or does not receive a
fee or other compensation, regardless of the form or time of
payment, from the selling dealer and the dollar amount of any fee
that the consumer is obligated to pay to the autobroker. This
arrangement shall be confirmed in a brokering agreement.
(g) Fail to record in the dealer's autobroker log, for each
brokered sale, all of the information specified in subdivision (c) of
Section 11735.
(h) Fail to maintain for a minimum of three years a copy of the
executed brokering agreement and other notices and documents related
to each brokered transaction.
(i) Fail to advise the consumer, prior to accepting any money,
that a full refund will be given if the motor vehicle ordered through
the autobroker is not obtained for the consumer or if the service
orally contracted for is not provided.