California · Financial Code
FIN §1870: No corporation shall by any system of accounting or any device of bookkeeping, directly or indirectly enter any of its assets upon its books in the name of any other person, or under any title or desi
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Corporations cannot record assets on their books under another person's name or misleading titles through accounting or bookkeeping methods.
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