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CA Fin Code § 13060 (2021)
2021 California Code|Financial Code - FIN|DIVISION 4 - AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINES: USER SAFETY|CHAPTER 6 - Exemptions|Section 13060.

13060.  The provisions of this division shall not apply with respect to any automated teller machine which is:(a) Located inside of a building, unless it is a freestanding installation which exists for the sole purpose of providing an enclosure for the automated teller machine.(b) Located inside of a building, except to the extent a transaction can be conducted from outside the building.(c) Located in any area, including any access area, building, enclosed space, or parking area which is not controlled by the operator.(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 825, Sec. 1.)
CA Fin Code § 13070 (2021)
2021 California Code|Financial Code - FIN|DIVISION 4 - AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINES: USER SAFETY|CHAPTER 7 - Effect of Compliance|Section 13070.

13070.  This division supersedes and preempts all rules, regulations, codes, statutes, or ordinances of all cities, counties, cities and counties, municipalities, and local agencies regarding customer safety at automated teller machines located in California.(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 825, Sec. 1.)
CA Fin Code § 14800 (2021)
2021 California Code|Financial Code - FIN|DIVISION 5 - CREDIT UNIONS|CHAPTER 5 - Members|Section 14800.

14800.  (a) Every credit union may admit to membership those persons qualified for membership upon the occurrence of any of the following:(1) Upon the purchase of a membership in the credit union as provided in the credit union’s bylaws.(2) Upon the payment of an entrance fee established from time to time by the board of directors.(3) Upon the purchase of one or more shares in the credit union as provided in the credit union’s bylaws.(b) No officer, director, committee member, or employee of any credit union shall approve a person for admission to membership or admit an applicant for membership in the credit union or extend any benefit or service of the credit union to any person, unless that person is admitted to membership in the credit union pursuant to subdivision (a).(c) Nothing in subdivisions (a) and (b) shall be construed to limit the powers of a credit union to engage in joint service programs or business relationships for the benefit of their members where some incidental benefit may flow to third parties to the transaction or the authority for a credit union to engage in joint loan programs pursuant to Section 14959.(d) Nothing in this section prohibits a credit union from admitting to membership a corporation in which the credit union holds shares pursuant to Section 14650 or a corporation formed to provide services to credit unions or to credit union members in which the credit union holds shares or a limited liability company formed to provide services to credit unions or to credit union members in which the credit union holds membership or economic interests pursuant to Section 14651.(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 411, Sec. 3. Effective September 12, 2000.)
CA Fin Code § 14800.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Financial Code - FIN|DIVISION 5 - CREDIT UNIONS|CHAPTER 5 - Members|Section 14800.1.

14800.1.  (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 14800 or Section 14750, a credit union may do all of the following:(1) Provide the services specified in paragraph (2) to a natural person within the field of membership, regardless of whether the person is admitted to membership, and charge a fee for the provision of those services, which fee shall not exceed the cost to provide those services.(2) (A) Sell checks and other similar money transfer instruments, including international and domestic electronic fund transfers.(B) Cash checks and other similar money transfer instruments and receive international and domestic electronic fund transfers.(b) For purposes of this section, “checks” shall have the same meaning as set forth in subdivision (f) of Section 3104 of the Commercial Code.(Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 246, Sec. 1. (AB 2006) Effective January 1, 2013.)
CA Fin Code § 14801 (2021)
2021 California Code|Financial Code - FIN|DIVISION 5 - CREDIT UNIONS|CHAPTER 5 - Members|Section 14801.

14801.  Every credit union may expel members as provided in Section 14456 of this division and Section 7341 of the Corporations Code.(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 209, Sec. 4.)
CA Fin Code § 14802 (2021)
2021 California Code|Financial Code - FIN|DIVISION 5 - CREDIT UNIONS|CHAPTER 5 - Members|Section 14802.

14802.  Each member shall keep the credit union informed of his current address. In the event a member fails to do this, a charge may be made to the member’s share account for the actual cost of necessary locator service incurred in determining such an address; provided, however, that such charge shall not exceed five dollars ($5). Such charge shall be made only for amounts paid to a person or concern normally engaged in providing such service and shall be made against the account or accounts of any one member no more than once in any 12-month period.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 112.)
CA Fin Code § 14803 (2021)
2021 California Code|Financial Code - FIN|DIVISION 5 - CREDIT UNIONS|CHAPTER 5 - Members|Section 14803.

14803.  (a) No credit union shall pay any commission or compensation to any person for securing a new member or for getting an existing member to make an additional deposit.(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), a credit union may, pursuant to an incentive policy approved by the board of directors, offer and pay a reasonable incentive or inducement to (1) a nonmember for becoming a member of the credit union, (2) an existing member for depositing additional funds, and (3) an employee or member who assists in getting a nonmember to become a new member of the credit union or who assists in getting an existing member to make an additional deposit.(c) Nothing in subdivision (a) limits a credit union from using growth in the number of members in the credit union as part of its compensation program for its employees.(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 539, Sec. 31. Effective January 1, 1999.)
CA Fin Code § 14804 (2021)
2021 California Code|Financial Code - FIN|DIVISION 5 - CREDIT UNIONS|CHAPTER 5 - Members|Section 14804.

14804.  The members of a credit union shall hold an annual meeting for the election of: (a) directors; (b) a supervisory committee, unless the board of directors has appointed an audit committee pursuant to Section 14556; and (c) a credit committee, if provided for in its bylaws. The annual meeting shall be held upon such notice and at such time and place as the bylaws provide.(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 353, Sec. 7. (AB 2274) Effective January 1, 2017.)
CA Fin Code § 14805 (2021)
2021 California Code|Financial Code - FIN|DIVISION 5 - CREDIT UNIONS|CHAPTER 5 - Members|Section 14805.

14805.  Special meetings of members may be held upon order of the board of directors. Special meetings of members shall be held upon the written request of 10 members or 3 percent of the membership, whichever is greater. Notice of special meetings shall be given to all members specifying the date, time, place, and purpose of the meeting.(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 539, Sec. 31.5. Effective January 1, 1999.)
CA Fin Code § 14806 (2021)
2021 California Code|Financial Code - FIN|DIVISION 5 - CREDIT UNIONS|CHAPTER 5 - Members|Section 14806.

14806.  In credit unions formed on or after September 15, 1945, no member shall have more than one vote irrespective of the number of shares held by the member.(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 539, Sec. 32. Effective January 1, 1999.)
CA Fin Code § 14807 (2021)
2021 California Code|Financial Code - FIN|DIVISION 5 - CREDIT UNIONS|CHAPTER 5 - Members|Section 14807.

14807.  (a) A member may withdraw from membership in the credit union at any time. A withdrawing member may be required to give 60 days’ notice of intention to withdraw shares and 30 days’ notice of intention to withdraw certificates for funds, except when a different period of notice is required by the commissioner for the withdrawal of shares or share certificates that may be established by the board of directors.(b) A member who fails to take steps necessary to be removed from inactive status pursuant to Section 14811 may be deemed to have voluntarily withdrawn from credit union membership.(c) A member whose funds have been remitted to the Controller’s office for purposes of escheat consistent with Section 1513 of the Code of Civil Procedure shall be deemed to have voluntarily withdrawn from membership.(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 762, Sec. 7. (SB 269) Effective January 1, 2022.)
CA Fin Code § 14808 (2021)
2021 California Code|Financial Code - FIN|DIVISION 5 - CREDIT UNIONS|CHAPTER 5 - Members|Section 14808.

14808.  All amounts paid on shares or on certificates for funds of an expelled or withdrawn member, with any dividends or interest credited thereto to the date of withdrawal or expulsion, shall be paid to such members as funds become available, and after deducting all amounts due from the member to the credit union. Withdrawing or expelled members have no further rights in the credit union, but are not by expulsion or withdrawal released from any liability to the credit union or its creditors.(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 89, Sec. 7.)
CA Fin Code § 14809 (2021)
2021 California Code|Financial Code - FIN|DIVISION 5 - CREDIT UNIONS|CHAPTER 5 - Members|Section 14809.

14809.  Members who leave the field of membership may be permitted to retain their membership in the credit union unless otherwise provided in the credit union’s bylaws.(Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 112.)
CA Fin Code § 14811 (2021)
2021 California Code|Financial Code - FIN|DIVISION 5 - CREDIT UNIONS|CHAPTER 5 - Members|Section 14811.

14811.  (a) A member who has no outstanding obligations with the credit union and whose share account is below the amount established by the bylaws may be transferred to inactive member status.(b) An inactive member has no voting rights, has no right to notice of meetings of members, shall not be considered a member for purposes of determination of a quorum or a required vote and need not be sent the annual report or financial statements except upon request.(c) When one or more of the conditions in subdivision (a) cease to be applicable, an inactive member may be transferred back to regular member status.(d) (1) A member who remains on inactive status for a period of at least 90 days after written notice from the credit union may be deemed to have voluntarily withdrawn from credit union membership.(2) The written notice referred to in paragraph (1) shall notify the member of, at a minimum, all of the following:(A) That the member has been transferred to inactive status.(B) The steps that the member may take to be transferred back to regular member status.(C) That failure to take the steps necessary to be transferred back to regular member status within 90 days, or another period of time in excess of 90 days that the credit union specifies in its bylaws, will be deemed a voluntary withdrawal from credit union membership.(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 762, Sec. 8. (SB 269) Effective January 1, 2022.)
CA Fin Code § 14812 (2021)
2021 California Code|Financial Code - FIN|DIVISION 5 - CREDIT UNIONS|CHAPTER 5 - Members|Section 14812.

14812.  Unless otherwise provided in the bylaws, a quorum for a meeting of members shall be 10 percent of the members or 50 members, whichever is less.(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 321, Sec. 11.)
CA Fin Code § 14821 (2021)
2021 California Code|Financial Code - FIN|DIVISION 5 - CREDIT UNIONS|CHAPTER 5 - Members|Section 14821.

14821.  (a) Except for solicited proxies which on their face provide for a period of validity of three years from the date of execution of the proxy, any form of proxy or written ballot distributed to 10 or more members of a credit union shall afford an opportunity on the proxy or form of written ballot to specify at the time the written ballot or proxy is distributed, a choice between approval and disapproval of each matter or group of related matters intended to be acted upon at the meeting for which the proxy is solicited or by such written ballot, and shall provide, subject to reasonable specified conditions, that where the person solicited specifies a choice with respect to any such matter the vote shall be cast in accordance therewith.(b) In any election of directors, any form of proxy or written ballot in which the directors to be voted upon are named therein as candidates and which is marked by a member “withhold” or otherwise marked in a manner indicating that the authority to vote for the election of directors is withheld, shall not be voted either for or against the election of a director.(c) In the case of any solicited proxy which on its face provides for a period of validity of three years from the date of execution of the proxy, the credit union shall provide to the person executing the proxy a written notice at the time of solicitation and in each succeeding year of validity thereof, which shall advise the member of the nature of each matter or group of related matters on which the proxy may be voted. Notice pursuant to this subdivision may be sent with notice to the members of the date, time, and place of the annual meeting.(d) Failure to comply with this section shall not invalidate any corporate action taken, but may be the basis for challenging any proxy at a meeting or written ballot and the superior court may compel compliance therewith at the suit of any member.(Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1045, Sec. 2.)
CA Fin Code § 14822 (2021)
2021 California Code|Financial Code - FIN|DIVISION 5 - CREDIT UNIONS|CHAPTER 5 - Members|Section 14822.

14822.  Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary, no member shall vote by proxy on any matter submitted by mail to all members of a credit union in a written ballot pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 7510) of Part 3 of Division 2 of Title 1 of the Corporations Code, and the powers of any previously issued or outstanding valid, revocable proxy are suspended when any matter is submitted by mail to all members in a written ballot pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 7510) of Part 3 of Division 2 of Title 1 of the Corporations Code.(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 209, Sec. 7.)
CA Fin Code § 17000 (2021)
2021 California Code|Financial Code - FIN|DIVISION 6 - ESCROW AGENTS|CHAPTER 1 - Application of This Division|Section 17000.

17000.  This division is known and may be cited as the “Escrow Law.”(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 364.)
CA Fin Code § 17001 (2021)
2021 California Code|Financial Code - FIN|DIVISION 6 - ESCROW AGENTS|CHAPTER 1 - Application of This Division|Section 17001.

17001.  Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth in this chapter govern the construction of this division.(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 364.)
CA Fin Code § 17002 (2021)
2021 California Code|Financial Code - FIN|DIVISION 6 - ESCROW AGENTS|CHAPTER 1 - Application of This Division|Section 17002.

17002.  “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Business Oversight.(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 353, Sec. 63. (SB 820) Effective September 26, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 129 of Ch. 353.)
CA Fin Code § 17002.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Financial Code - FIN|DIVISION 6 - ESCROW AGENTS|CHAPTER 1 - Application of This Division|Section 17002.5.

17002.5.  “Person” means, in addition to the singular, persons, group of persons, co-operative, association, company, firm, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, or other legal entity.(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1010, Sec. 114. Effective January 1, 1995.)
CA Fin Code § 17003 (2021)
2021 California Code|Financial Code - FIN|DIVISION 6 - ESCROW AGENTS|CHAPTER 1 - Application of This Division|Section 17003.

17003.  (a) “Escrow” means any transaction in which one person, for the purpose of effecting the sale, transfer, encumbering, or leasing of real or personal property to another person, delivers any written instrument, money, evidence of title to real or personal property, or other thing of value to a third person to be held by that third person until the happening of a specified event or the performance of a prescribed condition, when it is then to be delivered by that third person to a grantee, grantor, promisee, promisor, obligee, obligor, bailee, bailor, or any agent or employee of any of the latter.(b) With regard to Internet escrow companies, “escrow” also includes any transaction in which one person, for the purpose of effecting the sale or transfer of personal property or services to another person, delivers money, or its Internet-authorized equivalent, to a third person to be held by that third person until the happening of a specified event or the performance of a prescribed condition, when it is then to be delivered by that third person to a grantee, grantor, promisee, promisor, obligee, obligor, bailee, bailor, or any agent or employee of any of the latter.(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 437, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2001.)
CA Fin Code § 17004 (2021)
2021 California Code|Financial Code - FIN|DIVISION 6 - ESCROW AGENTS|CHAPTER 1 - Application of This Division|Section 17004.

17004.  “Escrow agent” means any person engaged in the business of receiving escrows for deposit or delivery.(Amended by Stats. 1981, Ch. 773, Sec. 1.)
CA Fin Code § 17004.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Financial Code - FIN|DIVISION 6 - ESCROW AGENTS|CHAPTER 1 - Application of This Division|Section 17004.5.

17004.5.  “Internet escrow agent” means any person engaged in the business of receiving escrows for deposit or delivery over the Internet.(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 441, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2000.)
CA Fin Code § 17005 (2021)
2021 California Code|Financial Code - FIN|DIVISION 6 - ESCROW AGENTS|CHAPTER 1 - Application of This Division|Section 17005.

17005.  “Licensee” means any person holding a valid, unrevoked license as an escrow agent.(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 364.)
CA Fin Code § 17005.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Financial Code - FIN|DIVISION 6 - ESCROW AGENTS|CHAPTER 1 - Application of This Division|Section 17005.1.

17005.1.  “Joint control agent” means a person engaging in the business of receiving money or other property for disbursal or use in payment of the cost of labor, materials, services, permits, fees, or other items of expense incurred in the construction of improvements upon real property. As used in this section, “in the business” means the conduct of the aforesaid transaction either for compensation or without compensation as a primary business or as an incidence to another business, but shall not mean the conduct of the business of real estate lending or of acting as an authorized representative, agent or loan correspondent for such a lender.(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 287.)
CA Fin Code § 17005.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Financial Code - FIN|DIVISION 6 - ESCROW AGENTS|CHAPTER 1 - Application of This Division|Section 17005.2.

17005.2.  “Business location” and “business office location” mean a facility or other place of business where a person engages in the business of receiving an escrow for deposit or delivery, but does not include a customer contact center.(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 437, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2001.)
CA Fin Code § 17005.3 (2021)
2021 California Code|Financial Code - FIN|DIVISION 6 - ESCROW AGENTS|CHAPTER 1 - Application of This Division|Section 17005.3.

17005.3.  “Customer contact center” means a facility operated by an Internet escrow agent that exists solely for the purpose of responding to customer electronic messages and telephone inquiries; provided, that no receipt or disbursements relating to an escrow are made from the facility; and provided further, that any documentation or other material generated, transmitted, or otherwise sent from the facility can be reviewed at any time from the business location of the Internet escrow agent.(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 437, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2001.)
CA Fin Code § 17005.4 (2021)
2021 California Code|Financial Code - FIN|DIVISION 6 - ESCROW AGENTS|CHAPTER 1 - Application of This Division|Section 17005.4.

17005.4.  “Person subject to this division” means any person undertaking the performance of escrow agent services. Unless specifically exempted, as in Section 17006, however, this definition shall not be used to exclude anyone.(Added by renumbering Section 17005.3 (as renumbered from 17005.5 by Stats. 1999, Ch. 441) by Stats. 2002, Ch. 772, Sec. 10. Effective January 1, 2003.)
CA Fin Code § 17005.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Financial Code - FIN|DIVISION 6 - ESCROW AGENTS|CHAPTER 1 - Application of This Division|Section 17005.5.

17005.5.  “Within this state” means any activity of a person relating to receiving escrows for deposit or delivery that originates from this state and is directed to persons outside this state, or that originates from outside this state and is directed to persons inside this state, or that originates inside this state and is directed to persons inside this state, or that leads to the formation of a contract and the offer or acceptance thereof is directed to a person in this state, whether from inside or outside this state and whether the offer was made inside or outside this state.(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 441, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2000.)
CA Fin Code § 17005.6 (2021)
2021 California Code|Financial Code - FIN|DIVISION 6 - ESCROW AGENTS|CHAPTER 1 - Application of This Division|Section 17005.6.

17005.6.  Except as provided for in Section 17004, “escrow agent” as used in this division includes joint control agents and Internet escrow agents.(Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 441, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 2000.)
CA Fin Code § 17006 (2021)
2021 California Code|Financial Code - FIN|DIVISION 6 - ESCROW AGENTS|CHAPTER 1 - Application of This Division|Section 17006.

17006.  (a) This division does not apply to:(1) Any person doing business under any law of this state or the United States relating to banks, trust companies, building and loan or savings and loan associations, credit unions, or insurance companies.(2) Any person licensed to practice law in California who has a bona fide client relationship with a principal in a real estate or personal property transaction and who is not actively engaged in the business of an escrow agent.(3) Any person whose principal business is that of preparing abstracts or making searches of title that are used as a basis for the issuance of a policy of title insurance by a company doing business under any law of this state relating to insurance companies.(4) Any broker licensed by the Real Estate Commissioner while performing acts in the course of or incidental to a real estate transaction in which the broker is an agent or a party to the transaction and in which the broker is performing an act for which a real estate license is required.(b) The exemptions provided for in paragraphs (2) and (4) of subdivision (a) are personal to the persons listed, and those persons shall not delegate any duties other than duties performed under the direct supervision of those persons. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subdivision, the exemptions provided for in paragraphs (2) and (4) of subdivision (a) are not available for any arrangement entered into for the purpose of performing escrows for more than one business.(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 267, Sec. 9. (AB 2862) Effective January 1, 2019.)
CA Fin Code § 17006.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Financial Code - FIN|DIVISION 6 - ESCROW AGENTS|CHAPTER 1 - Application of This Division|Section 17006.5.

17006.5.  In any proceeding under this law, the burden of proving an exemption or an exception from a definition is upon the person claiming it.(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 778.)