Cal. FIN § 17403.2
This is the official text of Cal. FIN § 17403.2, part of California’s Financial Code — regulates banks, credit unions, lenders, and other financial institutions.
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(a) No person subject to this division shall solicit or accept an escrow instruction or amended or supplemental escrow instruction containing any blank to be filled in after signing or initialing of the escrow instruction or amended or supplemental escrow instruction, nor permit any person to make any addition to, deletion from, or alteration of an escrow instruction or amended or supplemental escrow instruction, unless the addition, deletion or alteration is signed or initialed by all persons who had signed or initialed the escrow instruction or amended or supplemental escrow instruction prior to the addition, deletion or alteration.
(b) In addition to subdivision (a), no Internet escrow agent subject to this division shall solicit or accept electronically over the Internet an escrow instruction or amended or supplemental escrow instruction containing any blank to be filled in after executing that escrow instruction or amended or supplemental escrow instruction, nor permit any person to electronically, over the Internet, make any addition to, deletion from, or alteration of an escrow instruction or amended or supplemental escrow instruction, unless that addition, deletion or alteration is executed by all persons who had executed the escrow instruction or amended or supplemental escrow instruction prior to the addition, deletion, or alteration.
(b) In addition to subdivision (a), no Internet escrow agent subject to this division shall solicit or accept electronically over the Internet an escrow instruction or amended or supplemental escrow instruction containing any blank to be filled in after executing that escrow instruction or amended or supplemental escrow instruction, nor permit any person to electronically, over the Internet, make any addition to, deletion from, or alteration of an escrow instruction or amended or supplemental escrow instruction, unless that addition, deletion or alteration is executed by all persons who had executed the escrow instruction or amended or supplemental escrow instruction prior to the addition, deletion, or alteration.
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