Cal. FIN § 18266.1
This is the official text of Cal. FIN § 18266.1, part of California’s Financial Code — regulates banks, credit unions, lenders, and other financial institutions.
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Official statutory text
An industrial loan company may make loans and acquire obligations, the proceeds of which are used for home improvements that are secured by real property having a market value of at least 100 percent of the principal amount owing on the loan being made by the industrial loan company or obligation being acquired by the industrial loan company and on prior encumbrances, except nondelinquent tax liens, secured by the same real property. Home improvements means additions, alterations, or modifications to owner-occupied property consisting of one to four dwelling units and appurtenant buildings thereto or to the real property containing same.
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