California · Financial Code

FIN §1003: Except where explicitly stated or the context provides otherwise, this division is applicable to the following: (a) All corporations engaging in commercial banking, industrial banking, or the trust bu

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This statute establishes that its provisions apply to corporations engaged in commercial banking, industrial banking, or trust business, unless otherwise specified.

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Except where explicitly stated or the context provides otherwise, this division is applicable to the following: (a) All corporations engaging in commercial banking, industrial banking, or the trust business. (b) All national banking associations authorized to transact business in this state to the extent that the provisions of this division are not inconsistent with and do not infringe paramount federal laws governing national banking associations. (c) All other corporations that subject themselves to the special provisions and sections of this division. (d) All other persons, associations, copartnerships, or corporations who, by violating any of its provisions, become subject to the penalties provided for in this division.

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