Cal. FIN § 1003
This is the official text of Cal. FIN § 1003, part of California’s Financial Code — regulates banks, credit unions, lenders, and other financial institutions.
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Official statutory text
Except where explicitly stated or the context provides otherwise, this division is applicable to the following:
(a) All corporations engaging in commercial banking, industrial banking, or the trust business.
(b) All national banking associations authorized to transact business in this state to the extent that the provisions of this division are not inconsistent with and do not infringe paramount federal laws governing national banking associations.
(c) All other corporations that subject themselves to the special provisions and sections of this division.
(d) All other persons, associations, copartnerships, or corporations who, by violating any of its provisions, become subject to the penalties provided for in this division.
(a) All corporations engaging in commercial banking, industrial banking, or the trust business.
(b) All national banking associations authorized to transact business in this state to the extent that the provisions of this division are not inconsistent with and do not infringe paramount federal laws governing national banking associations.
(c) All other corporations that subject themselves to the special provisions and sections of this division.
(d) All other persons, associations, copartnerships, or corporations who, by violating any of its provisions, become subject to the penalties provided for in this division.
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