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California Code, Financial Code - FIN § 100019

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

A licensee shall do all of the following:

(a) Develop policies and procedures reasonably intended to promote compliance with this division.

(b) File with the commissioner any report required by the commissioner.

(c) Comply with the provisions of this division and any regulation or order of the commissioner.

(d) Submit to periodic examination by the commissioner as required by this division and any regulation or order of the commissioner.

(e) Maintain a surety bond in accordance with this section in a minimum amount of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000).  The bond shall be payable to the commissioner and issued by an insurer authorized to do business in this state.  The surety bond, including any and all riders and endorsements executed subsequent to the effective date of the bond, shall be filed with the commissioner within 10 days of execution.  The bond shall be used for the recovery of expenses, fines, and fees levied by the commissioner in accordance with this division.  The commissioner may require licensees to submit bonds, riders, and endorsements electronically through the Nationwide Multistate Licensing System & Registry's electronic surety bond function.

(1) When an action is commenced on a licensee's bond, the commissioner may require the filing of a new bond.  Immediately upon recovery of any action on the bond, the licensee shall file a new bond.  Failure to file a new bond within 10 days of the recovery on a bond, or within 10 days after notification by the commissioner that a new bond is required, constitutes sufficient grounds for the suspension or revocation of the license.  A licensee may provide the commissioner a refundable deposit in the amount of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) in lieu of the bond while the licensee pursues a new bond.

(2) The commissioner may require a higher bond amount for a licensee based on the number of affiliates under the license and the dollar amount of collecting consumer debt by that licensee.

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