(a)
A licensee that is a finance lender may sell to (1) an institutional lender, or (2) an institutional investor described in paragraph (6) of subdivision (b) of Section 22600, promissory notes evidencing the obligation to repay real estate secured business purpose loans, as defined in Section 3500.5 of Title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations, purchased from and made by an institutional lender, and may make agreements for the collection of payments and performance of services with respect to those notes. For purposes of this section, “institutional lender” means any bank, trust company, savings bank or savings and loan association, credit union, or industrial loan company doing business under the authority of and in accordance with a license, certificate or charter issued by the United States or this state.(b)
In the absence of agreement to the contrary by the licensee and the institutional investor or institutional lender, all payments received from the collection of payments shall be deposited and maintained in a trust account, and shall be disbursed from the trust account only in accordance with the instructions of the owner of the promissory note.
Source:
Section 22600.1, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=FIN§ionNum=22600.1..