Cal. FIN § 50508

This is the official text of Cal. FIN § 50508, part of California’s Financial Code — regulates banks, credit unions, lenders, and other financial institutions.

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Official statutory text

Any director, officer, partner, trustee, or employee of a licensee, its holding company, or its affiliates who makes a false entry in any book or record of the business, or in connection with any transaction of the business, with intent to deceive any officer, director, or employee thereof, or any agent or examiner, employed or lawfully appointed to examine into its condition or any of its affairs or transactions, or to any public officer who has authority to examine into its affairs or transactions, or who, with like intent, omits to make a new entry of any matter particularly pertaining to the business property condition, or transactions of the entity in any document of the licensee, or who, with like intent, makes unavailable any document of the licensee made, written, or kept, or required to be made, written, or kept by him or her under his or her direction, violates this division.

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