California Codes, Business and Professions Code - BPC, Division 3 — Professions and Vocations Generally, Chapter 11 — Repossessors, Article 9 — Prohibited Acts and Citations, Section 7508.8

(a) Notwithstanding Section 7508.3, an oval, shield, round, square, or non-seven-point badge, cap insignia, or jacket patch may be worn by a licensee, officer, director, partner, manager, independent contractor, qualified certificate holder, qualified manager, or employee of a repossession agency. If a badge, cap insignia, or jacket patch is worn, it shall bear on its face all of the following:

(1) All or a substantial part of the repossession agency’s name.

(2) The repossession agency license number issued by the director to that individual or agency.

(3) The word “repossessor.”

(b) A repossessor shall not wear a badge on his or her belt or hang a badge around his or her neck.

(c) All badges, cap insignias, and jacket patches worn by a repossessor shall be a standard design approved by the director and shall be clearly visible.

(d) This section shall not apply to a holder of a temporary registration pursuant to Section 7506.9.

(e) The director may assess a fine of one hundred dollars ($100) for the first violation, one hundred seventy-five dollars ($175) for the second violation, and two hundred fifty dollars ($250) for each subsequent violation.

Notes

Allows specified repossession-agency personnel to wear approved oval, shield, round, square, or non-seven-point badges, cap insignia, or jacket patches bearing the agency name, license number, and “repossessor,” but bars belt or neck badge wear and requires visibility. Exempts temporary registrants and sets fines of $100, $175, and $250 for first, second, and later violations.

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