Welcome Aboard: Court of Appeal (Cal.) Holds Bail Bond Premium Financing is a “Consumer Credit Contract” under California’s Consumer Protection Statutes
In Bbbb Bonding Corp. v. Caldwell, No. A162453, 2021 Cal. App. LEXIS 1100, at *2-4 (Ct. App. Dec. 29, 2021), the Court of Appeal found that bail bond premium financing agreements are "consumer credit contracts". This appeal requires us to interpret a long-standing consumer protection statute in a novel context: whether the requirement under Civil Code section 1799.91 that notice… Read More