§ 12318

12318. A prorater shall not take:(a) Any contract, promise to pay, or other instrument which has any blank spaces when signed by a debtor;(b) Any negotiable instrument for the prorater’s charges;(c) Any note, wage assignment, real estate or chattel mortgage, or other security to secure the prorater’s charges;(d) Any confession of judgment or power of attorney to confess judgment against the debtor or to appear for the debtor in a judicial proceeding.(e) Concurrent with the signing of the contract or as part of the contract or as part of the application for the contract a release of any obligation to be performed on the part of the prorater.(Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 498.)