California Codes, Civil Code - CIV, Division 3 — Obligations, Part 2 — Contracts, Title 4 — Unlawful Contracts, Section 1670.7

Any provision of a contract that purports to allow a deduction from a person’s wages for the cost of emigrating and transporting that person to the United States is void as against public policy.

Notes

Bars any contractual provision that purports to deduct from a person’s wages the cost of that person’s emigration and transportation to the United States. Such a wage-deduction term is void as contrary to public policy and cannot be enforced through the contract.

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