Business and Professions Code 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.

Source: Section 18450, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=BPC§ionNum=18450. (updated Jan. 1, 1951; accessed Dec. 29, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/business_and_professions_code_section_18450

Original Source: Section 18450, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=BPC§ionNum=18450. (last accessed May 12, 2025).