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Important Information: California Foreclosure Consultant Registry
Effective July 1, 2009, it will be unlawful for a foreclosure consultant, as defined in Civil Code Section 2945.1 to engage in the foreclosure consultant business unless it has registered with the Attorney General’s Office at: http://www.ag.ca.gov/register.php. All foreclosure consultants operating in California must post a $100,000 bond and register with Attorney General’s Office by July 1, 2009 and submit the following information:
- Name, address, and telephone number;
- All names, addresses, telephone numbers, websites, and e-mail addresses used or proposed to be used in connection with their business;
- Copies of all advertising;
- Copies of each different contract the consultant will use with consumers; and
- A copy of its $100,000 bond
For more information please visit: http://ag.ca.gov/consumers/general/foreclosure_reg.php.
