Title FIN — California Fin. Code

In this chapter, “Federal Insurance Agency” means the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or the National Credit Union Administration, as appropriate, or their respective successors-in-interest.

Upon taking possession of the property and business of any licensee, the commissioner has authority, and it is his or her duty, to collect all moneys due to the licensee and to do other acts as are necessary or expedient to collect, conserve, or protect the licensee’s assets, pro…

No attachment shall be issued against the property of any licensee subject to conservation or liquidation pursuant to this article.

Upon taking possession of the property and business of any licensee pursuant to Section 592, the commissioner may proceed to liquidate or conserve the licensee in the manner provided by this article.

Upon taking possession of the property and business of a licensee pursuant to Section 592, the commissioner may tender to any person or persons an appointment as conservator, liquidator, receiver, or liquidating committee of the licensee.

The commissioner shall supervise the acts of the conservator, liquidator, receiver, or liquidating committee appointed under this article and may remove the conservator, liquidator, receiver, or any or all members of the liquidating committee in his or her discretion.

If required by the commissioner, the conservator, liquidator, receiver, or members of the liquidating committee appointed under this article shall provide proof of bond coverage that extends to the conservator, liquidator, receiver, or members of the liquidating committee. The bo…

(a) If the commissioner retains possession of the assets of the licensee for the purpose of liquidation or conservation, the commissioner shall, to the extent possible, use the services of civil service employees of the commissioner’s office, and the attorneys employed by the com…

The compensation of civil service employees, special deputies, counsel, and other employees and assistants appointed to assist in the conservation or liquidation of any licensee and the distribution of its assets and all expenses of supervision and liquidation shall be fixed by t…

If a licensee is not insured by a Federal Insurance Agency, upon the commissioner taking possession of the business and property of the licensee, the superior court of the State of California for the county in which the head office of the licensee is located shall have exclusive …

If the licensee whose property and business has been taken pursuant to Section 592 is insured by a Federal Insurance Agency, the commissioner may tender to the appropriate Federal Insurance Agency an appointment as conservator, liquidator, or receiver of the licensee. The commiss…

The Federal Insurance Agency may be, and act as, a conservator, liquidator, or receiver without bond.

If the Federal Insurance Agency accepts the appointment in accordance with Section 620, the rights of customers and other creditors of the insured licensee shall be determined in accordance with the applicable provisions of the laws of this state.

The Federal Insurance Agency conservator, liquidator, or receiver shall possess with respect to the insured licensee all the powers, rights, and privileges given the commissioner under this article with respect to the conservation or liquidation of a licensee, as appropriate, and…

(a) The commissioner may sell to any other licensee any part or the whole of the business of a licensee that is subject to liquidation or conservatorship. The purchase and sale shall be approved by the purchasing licensee, as follows: (1) If the purchasing licensee is organized u…

Whenever the commissioner deems it necessary in order to conserve the assets of any licensee that does not have federal deposit or share insurance for the benefit of the customers and other creditors, he or she may appoint a conservator of the licensee and require the conservator…

A conservator appointed in accordance with Section 640 has all of the powers and rights with relation to the business and the property of the licensee for which he or she is appointed conservator as are possessed by the commissioner under this article with relation to a licensee …

The commissioner may order an examination at the earliest possible date of a licensee for which the commissioner has appointed a conservator.

While any licensee is in the hands of a conservator, the commissioner may require the conservator to set aside and make available for withdrawal by customers and for payment to other creditors on a ratable basis such amounts as in the opinion of the commissioner may safely be use…

The commissioner, in his or her discretion, may permit the conservator to receive shares or deposits, but any shares or deposits received while the licensee is in the hands of a conservator shall be held as trust funds and shall not be subject to any limitation as to payment or w…

If the commissioner is satisfied that it may be done safely and that it would be in the public interest, he or she may terminate a conservatorship and permit the licensee for whom a conservator was appointed to resume the transaction of its business under the direction of its boa…

The conservator of a licensee that has been permitted to resume accepting member shares or deposits shall first cause a notice to be published in a newspaper of local circulation. The notice shall state the date on which the affairs of the licensee will be returned to its board a…

The commissioner may assess and collect from all licensees for whom a conservator is appointed their ratable share of the costs incurred in the administration of this article.

Any licensee that the commissioner has taken possession of pursuant to Section 592, and for which a conservator has been appointed pursuant to this article, may be reorganized under a plan that requires the consent of any of the following: (a) Customers and other creditors of the…

All customers, creditors, stockholders, if applicable, and other interested persons shall be given notice of any proposed plan of reorganization in the manner and at the times as the commissioner directs.

No plan of reorganization shall become effective until the commissioner finds that the plan is fair and equitable to all customers, creditors, and stockholders, if applicable, and is in the public interest and until the commissioner approves the same in writing, subject to any co…

No creditor having security for the payment of his, her, or its claim shall be affected in his, her, or its right to enforce the security by the provisions of any plan for the reorganization of the licensee. Any plan of reorganization involving the reduction of claims of creditor…

When any plan of reorganization becomes effective, all books, records, and assets of the licensee shall be disposed of in accordance with the provisions of the plan and the affairs of the licensee shall be conducted by its board in the manner provided by the plan and under the co…

Upon taking possession of the property and business of a licensee that does not have federal deposit or share insurance, the commissioner may sell, compromise, or compound any bad or doubtful debt owing the licensee for a principal sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000)…

The commissioner may sell any real or personal property of the licensee for cash or on credit and on any other terms and conditions as the commissioner may deem proper, subject to the approval of the court.

(a) The commissioner may, with the approval of the court, sell any part or the whole of the business of a licensee to any other licensee. The purchase and sale shall be approved by the purchasing licensee, as follows: (1) If the purchasing licensee is organized under the laws of …

Within six months after taking possession of the property and business of any licensee that does not have federal deposit or share insurance, the commissioner may terminate or adopt any executory contract to which the licensee may be a party, including leases of real or personal …

The commissioner, in his or her own name or in the name of the licensee, may execute, acknowledge, and deliver any and all conveyances and other instruments necessary or appropriate to effectuate the sale of any real or personal property or to effectuate any other transaction in …

The commissioner, in the name of the delinquent licensee or in his or her own name, may prosecute and defend any and all actions and other legal proceedings appropriate or necessary to the liquidation of the licensee.

The commissioner from time to time shall deposit all moneys coming into his or her hands in the course of the liquidation of the licensee in one or more state banks or state credit unions and in the event of the suspension or insolvency of the depositary shall be preferred before…

The commissioner shall make an inventory of the assets of the licensee in duplicate and file one in the office of the commissioner and one with the clerk of the county in which the head office of the licensee is located to be filed with the papers in the liquidation proceedings. …

When the time fixed for the presentation of claims has expired, the commissioner shall make in duplicate a full and complete list of all claims presented, including and specifying claims that have been rejected by the commissioner, and a list of all claims of customers as shown b…

The commissioner shall cause notice to be given by advertisement in any newspapers of general circulation as he or she may select weekly for three consecutive months, calling on all persons who have claims against the licensee to present the same to the commissioner and make lega…

All claims of every kind against the licensee or against any property owned or held by the licensee shall be presented to the commissioner in writing verified by the claimant or someone on his or her behalf within four months of the date of the first publication of the notice to …

At any time and from time to time after the expiration of the time fixed for the presentation of claims, the commissioner, after obtaining approval of the court, may declare and pay one or more dividends upon all approved claims out of the funds remaining in his or her hands afte…

(a) Expenses and claims of unsecured creditors have priority in the following order: (1) Expenses of liquidation and approved claims for fees and assessments due the department. (2) Approved claims given priority under other provisions of state or federal law, including, but not …

Objections to any claim not rejected by the commissioner may be made by any person interested by filing a copy of the objection with the commissioner, who shall present the copy to the court at the time of the next application for approval of the declaration of a dividend. The co…

Dividends remaining unpaid and any sums available for payment of shares or deposits for which no claim was filed, which remain in the hands of the commissioner six months after the order for the payment of a final dividend, shall be deposited in the State Treasury. The shares or …

Whenever, under the provisions of this article, the commissioner is required to transmit unclaimed money or other unclaimed property to any state officer for deposit in the State Treasury, the commissioner, upon request of the Controller, shall transmit to the Controller all sign…

All approved claims of customers and other creditors shall bear interest at the rate provided by law on judgments from the date that the commissioner takes possession of the property and business of the licensee.

If the licensee has in its possession for safekeeping or storage any jewelry, plate, money, specie, bullion, stocks, bonds, securities, valuable papers, or other valuable personal property, or has rented any vaults, safes, or safe-deposit boxes, the commissioner shall cause to be…

On the last day fixed in the notice for the removal of the property or on the date when the property is removed or the box surrendered, any contract between the person owning the property or holding the box and the licensee shall cease and the amount of the unearned prepaid rent …

If any property is not removed within the time fixed by the notice mailed by the commissioner, the commissioner may dispose of the property as the court, on application thereto, shall direct. The commissioner may cause any safe, vault, or box to be opened in his or her presence o…

(a) When the commissioner has completed the liquidation of the licensee, he or she shall petition the court for an order declaring the licensee duly wound up and dissolved. (b) After any notice as the court may direct and a hearing, the court may make an order declaring the licen…

Whenever this article requires court approval of any step in the liquidation proceedings, approval shall be given after a hearing upon notice as the court may direct. At the hearing, the court may by order approve the actions of the commissioner for which he or she has petitioned…