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Cal. COM § 9625
California Statutes
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a) If it is established that a secured party is not proceeding in accordance with this division, a court may order or restrain collection, enforcement, or disposition of collateral on appropriate terms and conditions. (
b) Subject to subdivisions (c), (d), and (f), a person is liable for damages in the amount of any loss caused by a failure to comply with this division. Loss caused by a failure to comply may include loss resulting from the debtor’s inability to obtain, or increased costs of, alternative financing. (
c) Except as otherwise provided in
Section 9628, a person that, at the time of the failure, was a debtor, was an obligor, or held a security interest in or other lien on the collateral may recover damages under subdivision (
b) for its loss. (
d) A debtor whose deficiency is eliminated under
Section may recover damages for the loss of any surplus. However, in a transaction other than a consumer transaction, a debtor or secondary obligor whose deficiency is eliminated or reduced under
Section may not otherwise recover under subdivision (
b) for noncompliance with the provisions of this
chapter relating to collection, enforcement, disposition, or acceptance. (
e) In addition to any damages recoverable under subdivision (b), the debtor, consumer obligor, or person named as a debtor in a filed record, as applicable, may recover five hundred dollars ($500) in each case from any of the following persons:
(1) A person that fails to comply with
Section 9208.
(2) A person that fails to comply with
Section 9209.
(3) A person that files a record that the person is not entitled to file under subdivision (
a) of
Section 9509.
(4) A person that fails to cause the secured party of record to file or send a termination statement as required by subdivision (
a) or (
c) of
Section 9513.
(5) A person that fails to comply with paragraph (1) of subdivision (
b) of
Section and whose failure is part of a pattern, or consistent with a practice, of noncompliance.
(6) A person that fails to comply with paragraph (2) of subdivision (
b) of
Section 9616. (
f) A debtor or consumer obligor may recover damages under subdivision (
b) and, in addition, five hundred dollars ($500) in each case from a person that, without reasonable cause, fails to comply with a request under
Section 9210. A recipient of a request under
Section which never claimed an interest in the collateral or obligations that are the subject of a request under that
section has a reasonable excuse for failure to comply with the request within the meaning of this subdivision. (
g) If a secured party fails to comply with a request regarding a list of collateral or a statement of account under
Section 9210, the secured party may claim a security interest only as shown in the list or statement included in the request as against a person that is reasonably misled by the failure.