Cal. FIN § 5614
This is the official text of Cal. FIN § 5614, part of California’s Financial Code — regulates banks, credit unions, lenders, and other financial institutions.
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Official statutory text
(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), no issued and outstanding stock of an association shall be sold or offered for sale to the public, nor shall subscriptions be solicited or taken for those sales, until the association or the selling stockholders have applied for and obtained from the commissioner a permit authorizing the sale of the capital stock.
(b) Subdivision (a) shall not apply to any of the following:
(1) An offering involving less than 10 percent of the issued and outstanding capital stock of an association and less than five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000).
(2) An offering made under a registration statement filed under the Securities Act of 1933.
(3) Any offering exempted by regulation, instruction, or order issued in writing by the commissioner.
(b) Subdivision (a) shall not apply to any of the following:
(1) An offering involving less than 10 percent of the issued and outstanding capital stock of an association and less than five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000).
(2) An offering made under a registration statement filed under the Securities Act of 1933.
(3) Any offering exempted by regulation, instruction, or order issued in writing by the commissioner.
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