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Cal. Financial Code § 21000 (2026)
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Every person engaged in the business of receiving goods, including motor vehicles, in pledge as security for a loan is a pawnbroker within the meaning of this division.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2006–2023 · leading case: People v. Hernandez, 172 Cal. App. 4th 715 (Cal. Ct. App. 2009).
People v. Hernandez, 172 Cal. App. 4th 715 (Cal. Ct. App. 2009). “(Fin. Code, § 21000 [a pawnbroker receives goods “in pledge as security for a loan”]; People v.”
In re Schwalb, 347 B.R. 726 (Bankr. D. Nev. 2006). “Code § 9201 (b) (2006) (exempting California’s Pawnbroker Law, Cal. Fin. Code §§ 21000 et. seq. from Article 9); 810 III.”
BlockFi Inc., No. 22-19361 (Bankr. D.N.J. Aug. 29, 2023). “In support of this argument, Gerro cites to California Financial Code § 21000, which states that “[e]very person engaged in the business of receiving goods, including motor vehicles, in pledge as security for a loan is a pawnbroker within the meaning of this division.”
Gerro v. BlockFi Lending, No. B307156 (Cal. Ct. App. June 14, 2022). “2 Gerro responded that his causes of action were based on fundamental California public policy and unwaivable statutory rights that would be diminished in Delaware, including those under Commercial Code section 9626, subdivision (b); the CFL; and California’s pawnbroker statutes…”
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