Section 7508.8 - Identifying badge, cap insignia, or jacket patch(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.Ca. Bus. and Prof'l. Code § 7508.8
Added by Stats 2013 ch 340 (AB 791),s 7, eff. 1/1/2014.