California · Government Code

GOV §53638: (a) The deposit shall not exceed the shareholder’s equity of any depository bank.

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(a) The deposit shall not exceed the shareholder’s equity of any depository bank. For the purposes of this subdivision, shareholder’s equity shall be determined in accordance with Section 463 of the Financial Code, but shall be deemed to include capital notes and debentures. (b) The deposit shall not exceed the total of the net worth of any depository savings association or federal association, except that deposits not exceeding a total of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) may be made to a savings association or federal association without regard to the net worth of that depository, if such deposits are insured or secured as required by law. (c) The deposit to the share accounts of any regularly chartered credit union shall not exceed the total of the unimpaired capital and surplus of the credit union, as defined by rule of the Commissioner of Financial Protection and Innovation, except that the deposit to any credit union share account in an amount not exceeding five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) may be made if the share accounts of that credit union are insured or guaranteed pursuant to Section 14858 of the Financial Code or are secured as required by law. (d) The deposit in investment certificates of a federally insured industrial loan company shall not exceed the total of the unimpaired capital and surplus of the insured industrial loan company.

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