“Holder-in-due course,” means the purchaser of a loan or loans from a financial institution that participates in, arranges, or finances a loan pursuant to the provisions of this part, and who takes the loan instrument:
(a) For value;
(b) In good faith; and
(c) Without notice that it is overdue or has been dishonored or of any defense against or claim to it on the part of any person.
(Added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 1033.)