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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

§ 1802.7

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

“Retail installment account” or “installment account” or “revolving account” means an account established by an agreement entered into in this state, pursuant to which the buyer promises to pay, in installments, to a retail seller, his outstanding balance incurred in retail installment sales, whether or not a security interest in the goods sold is retained by the seller, and which provides for a finance charge which is expressed as a percent of the periodic balances to accrue thereafter providing such charge is not capitalized or stated as a dollar amount in such agreement.

(Amended by Stats. 1970, Ch. 546.)

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