{"code":"BPC","codeName":"Business and Professions Code","section":"7508.8","citation":"Bus. & Prof. Code, § 7508.8","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 3. PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY [5000. - 9998.12.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-3"},{"name":"CHAPTER 11. Repossessors [7500. - 7511.5.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-3/chapter-11"},{"name":"ARTICLE 9. Prohibited Acts and Citations [7508. - 7509.3.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-3/chapter-11/article-9"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 340, Sec. 7.   (AB 791)   Effective January 1, 2014.","effective":"2014-01-01","html":"<p>(a) Notwithstanding Section <a href=\"/bpc/7508.3\">7508.3</a>, 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:</p><p>(1) All or a substantial part of the repossession agency’s name.</p><p>(2) The repossession agency license number issued by the director to that individual or agency.</p><p>(3) The word “repossessor.”</p><p>(b) A repossessor shall not wear a badge on his or her belt or hang a badge around his or her neck.</p><p>(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.</p><p>(d) This section shall not apply to a holder of a temporary registration pursuant to Section <a href=\"/bpc/7506.9\">7506.9</a>.</p><p>(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.</p>","text":"(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.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/prohibited-acts-and-citations-7508-8","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}