Cal. FIN § 12004
This is the official text of Cal. FIN § 12004, part of California’s Financial Code — regulates banks, credit unions, lenders, and other financial institutions.
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Official statutory text
“Licensee” means any individual or corporation licensed by the commissioner to engage in the business of a business agent, and any corporation licensed by the commissioner to engage in the business of selling checks, drafts or money orders, or of receiving money as agent of an obligor for the purpose of paying bills, invoices or accounts of such obligor or to accept money in payment of utility bills except as an authorized agent for a utility company pursuant to the provisions of this division.
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