CHAPTER 1a. Automobile Dealers [18450. - 18451.]

Cal. Business and Professions Code - BPC 1a.
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Cal. Business and Professions Code - BPC § 18450. Section 18450.

It is a misdemeanor, in connection with the sale of a motor vehicle by a person engaged in the business of selling motor vehicles at retail, for such person to accept assignment of an insurance policy, or rights thereunder, pertaining to any motor vehicle traded in by the purchaser, unless all amounts realized on such policy or rights by such person be credited by the dealer to the buyer on the next monthly payment due or same shall be refunded to the buyer.

Cal. Business and Professions Code - BPC § 18451. Section 18451.

The purchaser of a motor vehicle may recover from the seller in a civil action three times the amount realized on any insurance policy, or rights thereunder, assignment of which has been accepted in violation of Section 18450.
Source: CA Legislative Counsel Bulk DataURL: https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zipFetched: 6/27/2026

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