Sections
19 entriesSection 1812.50Establishes legislative findings only, stating that abuses associated with dance-studio lesson and service contracts have caused fraud, deceit, imposition, and financial hardship;…Section 1812.51Defines a “contract for dance studio lessons and other services” as a contract for ballroom or other dance instruction, including individual or…Section 1812.52Requires every contract for dance studio lessons and other services to be in writing and governed by the title. Requires a copy…Section 1812.53Prohibits dance-studio contracts from requiring buyer payments or financing beyond one year or measuring the contract term by the buyer’s life. Allows…Section 1812.54Requires dance-studio contracts to state that lessons will begin within six months and specify lesson rates before signing. A student may cancel…Section 1812.55Prohibits contract for dance studio lessons and other services from requiring or entail the execution of any note or series of notes…Section 1812.56Bars assignment of a dance-studio contract from cutting off the buyer's claims or defenses unless the assignee gives the prescribed assignment notice…Section 1812.57Requires dance-studio contracts to relieve a buyer and the buyer's estate from payment for lessons or services not received because death or…Section 1812.58Establishes that the title’s requirements are not exclusive and do not displace other applicable law. Requires parties and contracts subject to the…Section 1812.59Bars enforcement of a dance-studio contract that does not comply with the applicable provisions of the title by declaring the noncompliant contract…Section 1812.60Establishes a contract for dance-studio lessons or other services as void and unenforceable when the buyer entered it in reliance on the…Section 1812.61Bars a buyer from waiving provisions of the title by declaring any such waiver contrary to public policy, void, and unenforceable. The…Section 1812.62Allows a buyer injured by a violation of the title to recover damages, with judgment permitted for three times actual damages plus…Section 1812.63Establishes misdemeanor liability for violations of the title governing dance-studio contracts and authorizes superior courts to restrain and enjoin violations. Allows the…Section 1812.64Requires every dance studio to maintain a surety bond from a company admitted in California, equal to 25 percent of the studio’s…Section 1812.65Requires the bond mandated for a dance studio to run in favor of the State of California for the benefit of customers…Section 1812.67Exempts dance studios from specified rules when advance payments are under $50 and collected no more often than every 30 days. Also…Section 1812.68Establishes that if any provision of the title, or its application to a person or circumstance, is held unconstitutional, the remainder of…Section 1812.69Requires the Secretary of State to enforce the title's provisions governing the filing and maintenance of bonds. Requires the Secretary of State…