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Financial Code - FIN

DIVISION 9. CALIFORNIA FINANCING LAW [22000 - 22780.1]

  ( Heading of Division 9 amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 475, Sec. 3. )

CHAPTER 3. Commercial Loans [22500 - 22650]

  ( Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1115, Sec. 2. )

ARTICLE 1. Definitions [22500 - 22502]
  ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1115, Sec. 2. )

22500.
  

“Charges” include the aggregate interest, fees, bonuses, commissions, brokerage, discounts, expenses, and other forms of costs charged, contracted for, or received by a licensee or any other person in connection with the investigating, arranging, negotiating, procuring, guaranteeing, making, servicing, collecting, and enforcing of a loan or forbearance of money, credit, goods, or things in action, or any other service rendered.

(Repealed and added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1115, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1995. Operative July 1, 1995, by Sec. 5 of Ch. 1115.)

22501.
  

“Charges” do not include commissions received as a licensed insurance agent or broker.

(Repealed and added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1115, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1995. Operative July 1, 1995, by Sec. 5 of Ch. 1115.)

22502.
  

“Commercial loan” means a loan of a principal amount of five thousand dollars ($5,000) or more, or any loan under an open-end credit program, whether secured by either real or personal property, or both, or unsecured, the proceeds of which are intended by the borrower for use primarily for other than personal, family, or household purposes.

For purposes of determining whether a loan is a commercial loan, the lender may rely on any written statement of intended purposes signed by the borrower. The statement may be a separate statement signed by the borrower or may be contained in a loan application or other document signed by the borrower. The lender shall not be required to ascertain that the proceeds of the loan are used in accordance with the statement of intended purposes.

(Repealed and added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1115, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1995. Operative July 1, 1995, by Sec. 5 of Ch. 1115.)

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