{"code":"CIV","codeName":"Civil Code","section":"1812.629","citation":"Civ. Code, § 1812.629","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 3. OBLIGATIONS [1427. - 3273.91.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-3"},{"name":"PART 4. OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS [1738. - 3273.91.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-3/part-4"},{"name":"TITLE 2.96. CALIFORNIA RENTAL-PURCHASE ACT [1812.620. - 1812.650.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-3/part-4/title-2.96"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1026, Sec. 1.   Effective January 1, 1995.","effective":"1995-01-01","html":"<p>(a) Upon the request of the consumer, the lessor shall provide the information as required by subdivision (b) of Section <a href=\"/civ/1812.623\">1812.623</a> in an exemplar of the rental-purchase agreement covering the property specified by the consumer and shall provide the consumer with a copy of the proposed rental-purchase agreement prior to its execution. The consumer may take this copy from the lessor’s premises.</p><p>(b) The lessor shall not obtain the consumer’s signature to a rental-purchase agreement if it contains blank spaces to be filled in after it has been signed.</p><p>(c) A copy of the fully completed rental-purchase agreement and all other documents which the lessor requests the consumer to sign shall be given to the consumer at the time they are signed. The rental-purchase agreement shall not be enforceable against the consumer until the consumer has received a signed copy.</p><p>(d) The lessor shall deliver to the consumer a written receipt for each payment made by the consumer.</p>","text":"(a) Upon the request of the consumer, the lessor shall provide the information as required by subdivision (b) of Section 1812.623 in an exemplar of the rental-purchase agreement covering the property specified by the consumer and shall provide the consumer with a copy of the proposed rental-purchase agreement prior to its execution. The consumer may take this copy from the lessor’s premises. (b) The lessor shall not obtain the consumer’s signature to a rental-purchase agreement if it contains blank spaces to be filled in after it has been signed. (c) A copy of the fully completed rental-purchase agreement and all other documents which the lessor requests the consumer to sign shall be given to the consumer at the time they are signed. The rental-purchase agreement shall not be enforceable against the consumer until the consumer has received a signed copy. (d) The lessor shall deliver to the consumer a written receipt for each payment made by the consumer.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/california-rental-purchase-act-1812-629","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}