Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 1804.1

Summary

No contract or obligation shall contain any provision by which: (a) The buyer agrees not to assert against a seller a claim or defense arising out of the sale or agrees not to assert against an assignee such a claim or defense other than as provided in Section 1804.2. (b) In the

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No contract or obligation shall contain any provision by which:
(a)
The buyer agrees not to assert against a seller a claim or defense arising out of the sale or agrees not to assert against an assignee such a claim or defense other than as provided in Section 1804.2.
(b)
In the absence of the buyer’s default in the performance of any of his or her obligations, the holder may accelerate the maturity of any part or all of the
amount owing thereunder.
(c)
A power of attorney is given to confess judgment in this state, or an assignment of wages is given; provided, that nothing herein contained shall prohibit the giving of an assignment of wages contained in a separate instrument, executed pursuant to Section 300 of the Labor Code.
(d)
The seller or holder of the contract or other person acting on his or her behalf is given authority to enter upon the buyer’s premises unlawfully or to commit any breach of the peace in the repossession of goods.
(e)
The buyer waives any right of action against the seller or holder of the contract or other person acting on his or her behalf, for any illegal act committed in the collection of payments under the contract or in the repossession of goods.
(f)
The buyer executes a power of attorney appointing the seller or holder of the contract, or other person acting on his or her behalf, as the buyer’s agent in collection of payments under the contract or in the repossession of goods.
(g)
The buyer relieves the seller from liability for any legal remedies which the buyer may have against the seller under the contract or any separate instrument executed in connection therewith.
(h)
The buyer agrees to the payment of any charge by reason of the exercise of his or her right to rescind or void the contract.
(i)
The seller or holder of the contract is given the right to commence an action on a contract under the provisions of this chapter in a county other than the county in which the contract was in fact signed by the buyer, the county in which the buyer
resides at the commencement of the action, the county in which the buyer resided at the time that the contract was entered into, or in the county in which the goods purchased pursuant to the contract have been so affixed to real property as to become a part of such real property.
(j)
The seller takes a security interest, other than a mechanics’ lien, in the buyer’s real property which is the buyer’s primary residence where the buyer is a person who is 65 years of age or older and the contract is for a home improvement, as defined in Section 7151.2 of the Business and Professions Code.

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• #1 | Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 1804.1

  No contract or obligation shall contain any provision by which: (a) The buyer agrees not to assert against a seller a claim or defense arising out of the sale or agrees not to assert against an assignee such a claim or defense other than as provided in Section 1804.2. (b) In the absence of the buyer’s default in t…

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  The seller takes a security interest, other than a mechanics’ lien, in the buyer’s real property which is the buyer’s primary residence where the buyer is a person who is 65 years of age or older and the contract is for a home improvement, as defined in Section 7151.2 of the Business and Professions Code.