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DIVISION 3. OBLIGATIONS 1427-3273›PART 4. OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS 1738-3273.16›TITLE 2. CREDIT SALES 1801-1812.35›CHAPTER 1. Retail Installment Sales 1801-1812.20›ARTICLE 2. Definitions 1802-1802.21

§ 1802.21

California Civil Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

“Precomputed basis” means the determination of a finance charge by multiplying the original unpaid balance of the contract by a rate and multiplying that product by the number of payment periods elapsing between the date on which the finance charge begins to be assessed and the date of the last scheduled payment.

(Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 805.)

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