Section 1406

Fin. Code § 1406 — under California Fin. Code.

Fin. Code § 1406

(a) In this section:

(1) “Creditor” includes, but is not limited to, a depositor.

(2) “Insolvency,” when used with respect to a bank, means that the bank is unable to pay its debts as they come due.

(b) This section does not apply to any of the following:

(1) Any transaction authorized under Section 1463 or 1465.

(2) Any transaction made by a bank in the ordinary course of its business.

(c) No bank may pay or secure a creditor if the bank does so (1) after committing an act of insolvency or in contemplation of insolvency and (2) with a view to preventing the application of its assets in the manner prescribed in Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 600) of Division 1 or with a view to the preference of one creditor to another.

(d) Any transaction made by a bank in violation of this section is void.