California Code, Financial Code - FIN § 22103

(a) At the time of filing the application for a finance lender, broker, program administrator, or branch office license, the applicant shall pay to the commissioner the sum of one hundred dollars ($100) as a fee for investigating the application, plus the cost of fingerprint processing and the criminal history record check under Section 22101.5, and two hundred dollars ($200) as an application fee.  The investigation fee, including the amount for the criminal history record check, and the application fee are not refundable if an application is denied or withdrawn.

(b) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2019.