Terms Used In California Codes > Financial Code > Division 15 > Chapter 13 - Civil Penalties

• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Civil legal services: includes , in addition to matters traditionally considered civil, legal services related to expungements, record sealing or clearance proceedings not requiring a finding of factual innocence, and infractions. See California Business and Professions Code 6213
• Counterclaim: A claim that a defendant makes against a plaintiff.
• County: includes city and county. See California Food and Agricultural Code 29
• Developmentally Disabled Assistance Act: means the federal Developmentally Disabled Assistance and Bill of Rights Act, as amended (P. See California Business and Professions Code 6213
• Eligible institution: means either of the following:

  California Business and Professions Code 6213

• Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
• Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. ^{Source: U.S. Courts}
• Indigent person: means a person whose income is (1) 200 percent or less of the current poverty threshold established by the United States Office of Management and Budget or (2) who is eligible for Supplemental Security Income or free services under the Older Americans Act or Developmentally Disabled Assistance Act. See California Business and Professions Code 6213
• Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. ^{Source: OCC}
• IOLTA account: means an account or investment product established and maintained pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 6211 that is any of the following:

  California Business and Professions Code 6213

• Legal Services Corporation: means the Legal Services Corporation established under the federal Legal Services Corporation Act of 1974 (P. See California Business and Professions Code 6213
• Older Americans Act: means the federal Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended (P. See California Business and Professions Code 6213
• Person: includes any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company, limited liability company, syndicate, estate, trust, business trust, or organization of any kind. See California Financial Code 18
• Person: means any individual, partnership, association, corporation, limited liability company, or any organized group of persons whether incorporated or not. See California Food and Agricultural Code 38
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• Qualified legal services project: means either of the following:

  California Business and Professions Code 6213

• Recipient: means a qualified legal services project or support center receiving financial assistance under this article. See California Business and Professions Code 6213
• State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Business and Professions Code 21
• Subdivision: means a subdivision of the section in which that term occurs, unless some other section is expressly mentioned. See California Business and Professions Code 15