California · Financial Code

FIN §4827.7: (a) (1) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (2): (A) No California state depository corporation may, as the selling or disappearing depository corporation, make a sale or merger pursuant to this

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California state depository corporations are prohibited from making sales or mergers in certain circumstances, with exceptions available under specified conditions.

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(a) (1) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (2): (A) No California state depository corporation may, as the selling or disappearing depository corporation, make a sale or merger pursuant to this division in which it would transfer to a California state-licensed or federally licensed foreign (other nation) bank any deposit or fiduciary account that the foreign bank is not authorized to accept. (B) No California state-licensed foreign (other nation) bank may, as the purchasing or surviving depository corporation, make a sale or merger pursuant to this division in which it would acquire any deposit or fiduciary account that it is not authorized to accept. (2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1) and Section 1805, a California state depository corporation may, as the selling or disappearing depository corporation, make a sale or merger pursuant to this division in which it transfers to a California state-licensed or federally licensed foreign (other nation) bank deposits or fiduciary accounts that the foreign bank is not authorized to accept, and a California state-licensed foreign (other nation) bank may, as the purchasing or surviving depository corporation, make a sale or merger pursuant to this division in which it acquires deposits or fiduciary accounts that it is not authorized to accept, if, concurrently with the effective time of the sale or merger, the foreign bank, pursuant to Article 5 (commencing with Section 4879.01) of Chapter 3 or other applicable law, sells all those deposits and fiduciary accounts to a depository corporation that is authorized to accept them. (b) (1) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (2): (A) No California state bank or industrial loan company may, as the selling, disappearing, or converting depository corporation, make a sale, merger, or conversion pursuant to this division in which it would transfer to a savings association any deposit or fiduciary account that the savings association is not authorized to accept. (B) No California state savings association may, as the purchasing, surviving, or resulting depository corporation, make a sale, merger, or conversion pursuant to this division in which it would acquire any deposit or fiduciary account that it is not authorized to accept. (2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1) and Division 2 (commencing with Section 5000), a California state bank or industrial loan company may, as the selling, disappearing, or converting depository corporation, make a sale, merger, or conversion pursuant to this division in which it transfers to a savings association deposits or fiduciary accounts that the savings association is not authorized to accept, and a California state savings association may, as the purchasing, surviving, or resulting depository corporation, make a sale, merger, or conversion pursuant to this division in which it acquires deposits or fiduciary accounts that it is not authorized to accept, if, concurrently with the effective time of the sale, merger, or conversion, the savings association, pursuant to Article 5 (commencing with Section 4879.01) of Chapter 3 or other applicable law, sells all those deposits and fiduciary accounts to a depository corporation that is authorized to accept them. (c) (1) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (2): (A) No California state bank or savings association may, as the selling, disappearing, or converting depository corporation, make a sale, merger, or conversion pursuant to this division in which it would transfer to an industrial loan company any deposit or fiduciary account that the industrial loan company is not authorized to accept. (B) No California industrial loan company may, as the purchasing, surviving, or resulting depository corporation, make a sale, merger, or conversion pursuant to this division in which it would acquire any deposit or fiduciary account that it is not authorized to accept. (2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1) and Division 1.1 (commencing with Section 1000), a California state bank or savings and loan association may, as the selling, disappearing, or converting depository corporation, make a sale, merger, or conversion pursuant to this division in which it transfers to an industrial loan company deposits or fiduciary accounts that the industrial loan company is not authorized to accept, and a California industrial loan company may, as the purchasing, surviving, or resulting depository corporation, make a sale, merger, or conversion pursuant to this division in which it acquires deposits or fiduciary accounts that it is not authorized to accept, if, concurrently with the effective time of the sale, merger, or conversion, the industrial loan company, pursuant to Article 5 (commencing with Section 4879.01) of Chapter 3 or other applicable law, sells all those deposit accounts and fiduciary accounts to a depository corporation that is authorized to accept them.

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