Cal. FIN § 17213.2
This is the official text of Cal. FIN § 17213.2, part of California’s Financial Code — regulates banks, credit unions, lenders, and other financial institutions.
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Official statutory text
The commissioner may order a licensed escrow agent which opens a branch office or changes its business location or locations without first obtaining the approval of the commissioner to forfeit to the people of the state a sum of up to one hundred dollars ($100) for every day for the first 10 days and ten dollars ($10) for every day thereafter during which the branch office or changed location is maintained without authority.
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