Section 639 Of Chapter 2. Of Other And Miscellaneous Offenses From California Penal Code >> Title 15. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 2.
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. Every person who gives, offers, or agrees to give to any
director, officer, or employee of a financial institution any
emolument, gratuity, or reward, or any money, property, or thing of
value for his own personal benefit or of personal advantage, for
procuring or endeavoring to procure for any person a loan or
extension of credit from such financial institution is guilty of a
felony.
As used in this section and Section 639a, "financial institution"
means any person or persons engaged in the business of making loans
or extending credit or procuring the making of loans or extension of
credit, including, but not limited to, state and federal banks,
savings and loan associations, trust companies, industrial loan
companies, personal property brokers, consumer finance lenders,
commercial finance lenders, credit unions, escrow companies, title
insurance companies, insurance companies, small business investment
companies, pawnbrokers, and retirement funds.
As used in this section and Section 639a the word "person"
includes any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation,
limited liability company, company, syndicate, estate, trust,
business trust, or organization of any kind.