California · Financial Code
FIN §1804: (a) No foreign (other nation) bank which is licensed to maintain an agency or branch office shall relocate such office unless the commissioner shall have first approved such relocation and issued a li
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Foreign banks licensed to operate an agency or branch office must obtain the commissioner's approval before relocating that office.
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(a) No foreign (other nation) bank which is licensed to maintain an agency or branch office shall relocate such office unless the commissioner shall have first approved such relocation and issued a license authorizing such bank to maintain the office at the new site. (b) If the commissioner finds the following with respect to an application by a foreign (other nation) bank for approval to relocate any agency or branch office, the commissioner shall approve such application: (1) In case the new site of the office is in the same vicinity as the old site: (A) That it will not be unsafe or unsound for the bank to relocate the office; and (B) That the relocation of the office will not be substantially detrimental to the public convenience and advantage, or that the relocation is necessary in the interests of the safety and soundness of the bank; or (2) In case the new site of the office is not in the same vicinity as the old site: (A) That the bank’s plan to relocate the office and to maintain the office at the new site affords reasonable promise of successful operation; (B) That the relocation of the office from the old site will not be substantially detrimental to the public convenience and advantage in the area which is primarily served by the office at the old site, or that the relocation is necessary in the interests of the safety and soundness of the bank; and (C) That the relocation of the office to the new site will promote the public convenience and advantage. If the commissioner finds otherwise, the commissioner shall deny the application. (c) Whenever an application by a foreign (other nation) bank for approval to relocate an agency or branch office has been approved and all conditions precedent to the issuance of a license authorizing such bank to maintain such office at the new site have been fulfilled, the commissioner shall issue such license. (d) Promptly after a foreign (other nation) bank which is licensed to maintain an agency or branch office relocates such office, such bank shall surrender to the commissioner the license which authorized it to maintain such office at the old site.
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