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13 entriesSection 9855Defines service contract, administrator, seller, contractholder, contractor, reimbursement insurance, obligor, optical products, and consumer goods. Service contracts exclude structural-wiring maintenance and paid…Section 9855.05Extends the chapter’s definition of “service contract,” beginning January 1, 2000, to include a service contract described in the referenced Insurance Code…Section 9855.1Prohibits any person from acting as a service contractor in this state without first registering with the bureau under the chapter and…Section 9855.15Allows a registered service contract administrator that is itself an obligor on a service contract to perform every function permitted to a…Section 9855.2Prohibits a service contract seller from issuing, selling, or offering a contract unless the obligor satisfies one allowed financial-security method: qualifying net…Section 9855.3Requires a service contractor to file service-contract forms and incorporated documents with the director at least 30 days before use, identify the…Section 9855.4Requires reimbursement insurance to cover seller obligations for contracts sold while the policy was in force, all contracts or California-resident contracts, and…Section 9855.5Requires a service contractor to comply with both referenced Civil Code provisions. The obligation applies to service contractors governed by the article…Section 9855.6Requires a service contractor to pay interest when a contractholder validly cancels under Section 1794.41 and the required refund is not paid…Section 9855.7Allows the director to deny, suspend, revoke, or place on probation a service-contractor registration for conduct by the contractor or its employee,…Section 9855.8Allows the director to cite service contractors for filing, compliance, misleading-statement, or false-promise violations, with hearing requests due within 30 days and…Section 9855.85Defines a service-contract administrator or third-party seller acting as an obligor without reimbursement insurance covering all obligated service contracts as unlawfully transacting…Section 9855.9Sets January 1, 2028, as the date on which the article ceases to remain in effect and is repealed. The article therefore…