Cal. FIN § 16700

This is the official text of Cal. FIN § 16700, part of California’s Financial Code — regulates banks, credit unions, lenders, and other financial institutions.

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Official statutory text

(a) The commissioner may at any time investigate into the affairs and examine the books, accounts, and other records of a foreign (other nation) credit union and of any subsidiary thereof.

(b) The commissioner and any person designated by the commissioner shall have free access to any office of the foreign (other nation) credit union and to its books, accounts, and other records.

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