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Financial Code - FIN - FIN § 17423
Financial Code - FIN - FIN § 17423
(a) The commissioner may, after appropriate notice and opportunity for hearing, by order, censure or suspend for a period not exceeding 12 months, or bar from any position of employment, management, or control any escrow agent, or any other person, if the commissioner finds eithe
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Financial Code - FIN - FIN § 17423.1
Financial Code - FIN - FIN § 17423.1
(a) (1) Whenever the commissioner takes any enforcement or disciplinary action pursuant to Section 17423, upon the action becoming final the commissioner shall notify the Real Estate Commissioner and the Insurance Commissioner of the action or actions taken. The purpose of this n
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Financial Code - FIN - FIN § 17424
Financial Code - FIN - FIN § 17424
(a) For any licensee, a disciplinary action taken by the State of California, another state, an agency of the federal government, or another country for an action substantially related to the activity regulated under this division may be grounds for disciplinary action by the com
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Financial Code - FIN - FIN § 17425
Financial Code - FIN - FIN § 17425
Any person subject to this division or any director, stockholder, trustee, officer, agent, or employee of that person who violates any provision of the federal Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. Sec. 2601 et seq.), or any regulation promulgated thereunde
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Financial Code - FIN - FIN § 175
Financial Code - FIN - FIN § 175
“Foreign nation” means any nation other than the United States, including, without limitation, any subdivision, territory, trust territory, dependency, colony, or possession of any nation other than the United States. “Foreign nation” includes Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, t
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Financial Code - FIN - FIN § 1750
Financial Code - FIN - FIN § 1750
In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) “Agency” means a depositary agency or a nondepositary agency. (b) “Branch office” means a limited branch office, a retail branch office, or a wholesale branch office. (c) “Business in this state,” when used with respect
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Financial Code - FIN - FIN § 1751
Financial Code - FIN - FIN § 1751
Nothing in this chapter, except Section 1760, applies to a federal agency or branch in this state.
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Financial Code - FIN - FIN § 1752
Financial Code - FIN - FIN § 1752
(a) In this section, “subject bank” means a bank organized under the laws of any territory of the United States, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, the Virgin Islands, or the Northern Mariana Islands. (b) Nothing in this chapter, except
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Financial Code - FIN - FIN § 1753
Financial Code - FIN - FIN § 1753
For purposes of this chapter, offices of foreign (other nation) banks are divided into classes and ranked in ascending order, as follows: (a) Representative office. (b) Nondepositary agency. (c) Depositary agency. (d) Limited branch office. (e) Wholesale branch office. (f) Retail
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Financial Code - FIN - FIN § 1754
Financial Code - FIN - FIN § 1754
(a) For purposes of this chapter: (1) Changing a lower class office into a higher class office shall be treated as establishing the higher class office, but not as closing the lower class office. (2) Changing a higher class office into a lower class office shall be treated as clo
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Financial Code - FIN - FIN § 1755
Financial Code - FIN - FIN § 1755
Fees shall be paid to, and collected by, the commissioner, as follows: (a) The fee for filing with the commissioner an application by a foreign (other nation) bank that is not licensed to transact business in this state for approval to establish a branch office shall be two thous
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Financial Code - FIN - FIN § 1756
Financial Code - FIN - FIN § 1756
Each application filed with the commissioner under this chapter or under any regulation or order issued under this chapter shall be in such form, shall contain such information, shall be signed in such manner, and shall (if the commissioner so requires by regulation or order) be
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Financial Code - FIN - FIN § 1757
Financial Code - FIN - FIN § 1757
(a) In this section, “act” includes (without limitation) omission. (b) For purposes of making findings on an application by a foreign (other nation) bank for approval to establish an office: (1) The commissioner may, in the absence of credible evidence to the contrary, presume th
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Financial Code - FIN - FIN § 1758
Financial Code - FIN - FIN § 1758
(a) Each foreign (other nation) bank that is licensed to maintain an office shall file with the commissioner reports as and when the commissioner may, by regulation or order, require. (b) Each report filed with the commissioner under this chapter or under any regulation or order
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Financial Code - FIN - FIN § 1759
Financial Code - FIN - FIN § 1759
Each foreign (other nation) bank that is licensed to maintain an office shall make, keep, and preserve at the office or at another place that the commissioner may, by regulation or order, approve, the books, accounts, and other records relating to the business of the office, in t
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Financial Code - FIN - FIN § 1760
Financial Code - FIN - FIN § 1760
(a) No foreign (other nation) bank which is licensed to maintain an agency or branch office shall concurrently maintain a federal agency or federal branch in this state. (b) No foreign (other nation) bank which maintains a federal agency or federal branch in this state shall conc
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Financial Code - FIN - FIN § 17600
Financial Code - FIN - FIN § 17600
(a) An escrow agent’s license remains in effect until surrendered, revoked, or suspended. (b) A licensee that ceases to engage in the business regulated by this division and desires to no longer be licensed shall notify the commissioner in writing and, at that time, tender the li
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Financial Code - FIN - FIN § 17601
Financial Code - FIN - FIN § 17601
If the commissioner has reason to believe that any escrow agent is violating the provisions of this division, the commissioner may investigate the escrow agent’s business and examine the books, accounts, records, and files used in the business of every escrow agent and of every p
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Financial Code - FIN - FIN § 17602
Financial Code - FIN - FIN § 17602
If it appears to the commissioner that any licensed escrow agent is violating or has violated its articles of incorporation, or any law or rule binding upon it, the commissioner shall, by written order addressed to the agent direct the discontinuance of such violation. The order
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Financial Code - FIN - FIN § 17602.5
Financial Code - FIN - FIN § 17602.5
If any licensed escrow agent fails to make any reports required by law or by the commissioner within ten (10) days from the day designated for the making of the reports, or within any extension of time granted by the commissioner, or fails to include therein any matter required b
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Financial Code - FIN - FIN § 17603
Financial Code - FIN - FIN § 17603
If it appears to the commissioner that any licensed escrow agent is conducting or has conducted business in an unsafe or injurious manner, the commissioner shall, by written order addressed to the agent direct the discontinuance of such unsafe or injurious practices. The order sh
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Financial Code - FIN - FIN § 17604
Financial Code - FIN - FIN § 17604
No order issued pursuant to Sections 17602 or 17603 may become final except after notice to any licensed escrow agent affected thereby of the intention of the commissioner to make such order final and of the reasons therefor and that upon receipt of a request the matter will be s
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Financial Code - FIN - FIN § 17605
Financial Code - FIN - FIN § 17605
The licensed escrow agent has ten (10) days after an order is made final in which to commence action to restrain enforcement of such order, and unless such action is commenced, and the enforcement of such order is enjoined within ten (10) days by the court in which the suit is br
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Financial Code - FIN - FIN § 17606
Financial Code - FIN - FIN § 17606
The commissioner may immediately revoke by order the escrow agent’s license if the licensee fails to comply with any order, unless the escrow agent secures a court order restraining the enforcement of the commissioner’s revocation order.
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Financial Code - FIN - FIN § 17606.1
Financial Code - FIN - FIN § 17606.1
The license of an escrow agent shall be deemed revoked upon the completion or closure of a court approved liquidation of the business of the escrow agent, whether pursuant to Section 17635 or 17636, or otherwise, unless the escrow agent within 10 days of the court’s order approvi