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DIVISION 7. GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS 16000-18001›PART 3. REPRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC 17500-17930›CHAPTER 1. Advertising 17500-17606›ARTICLE 2. Particular Offenses 17530-17539.6

§ 17539.4

California Business and Professions Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

No person shall place an advertisement disseminated primarily in this state for a loan which utilizes real property as collateral unless there is disclosed within the printed text of that advertisement, or the oral text in the case of a radio or television advertisement, the license under which the loan would be made or arranged, the state regulatory entity supervising that type of loan transaction or, in the case of unlicensed lending activity, a statement that the loan is being made or arranged by an unlicensed party who is not operating under the regulatory supervision of a state agency.

This section shall not apply to any bank or bank holding company, or to any savings association or federal association as defined by Section 5102 of the Financial Code, or to any industrial loan company or credit union, or to any subsidiary or affiliate of these entities if the subsidiary or affiliate is not separately licensed.

(Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 864, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1993.)

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