Cal. FIN § 2106
This is the official text of Cal. FIN § 2106, part of California’s Financial Code — regulates banks, credit unions, lenders, and other financial institutions.
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Official statutory text
(a) No licensee shall sell or issue any form of payment instrument in California unless a certified copy of the payment instrument has first been filed with the commissioner. The payment instrument shall clearly identify the licensee as the issuer.
(b) The commissioner may by order or regulation declare that a form of payment instrument is prohibited if it is misleading in any material respect or otherwise does not comply with applicable law.
(c) A payment instrument that identifies the agent through which the licensee sells the payment instrument shall identify the agent as such and shall identify the licensee at least as conspicuously as it does the agent.
(b) The commissioner may by order or regulation declare that a form of payment instrument is prohibited if it is misleading in any material respect or otherwise does not comply with applicable law.
(c) A payment instrument that identifies the agent through which the licensee sells the payment instrument shall identify the agent as such and shall identify the licensee at least as conspicuously as it does the agent.
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