Article 3. Deposits With State Treasurer of California Financial Code >> Division 1.1. >> Chapter 16. >> Article 3.

Every trust company shall deposit with the State Treasurer money or securities of the character described in Section 1572 as security for its court and private trusts as follows:
  (a) If the trust company's principal place of business is situated in a city the population of which does not exceed 100,000 persons, it shall deposit with the State Treasurer money or securities having a market value of at least fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) as security for the faithful performance and execution of all court trusts accepted by it, and money or securities having a market value of at least fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) as security for the faithful performance and execution of all private trusts accepted by it. Whenever any such trust company receives trust funds or property, other than real property, from court trusts accepted by it to the amount of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000), it shall forthwith give the commissioner written notice thereof, and within 30 days thereafter shall make an additional deposit with the State Treasurer of money or securities having a market value of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) as security for its court trusts, and money or securities having a market value of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) as additional security for its private trusts.
  (b) If the trust company's principal place of business is situated in a city the population of which exceeds 100,000 persons, it shall deposit with the State Treasurer money or securities having a market value of at least one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) as security for the faithful performance and execution of all court trusts accepted by it, and money or securities having a market value of at least one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) as security for the faithful performance and execution of all private trusts accepted by it.

Whenever any trust company receives trust funds or property, other than real property, from court trusts accepted by it to the amount of one million dollars ($1,000,000), it shall forthwith give the commissioner written notice thereof, and within 30 days thereafter shall make an additional deposit with the State Treasurer of money or securities having a market value of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000). For each additional five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) of such trust funds thereafter received by any trust company from court trusts a similar notification in writing shall forthwith be given to the commissioner and a further deposit of money or securities having a market value of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) shall be made within 30 days thereafter by such trust company with the State Treasurer until money or securities having a market value of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) have been so deposited.

Security deposited with the Treasurer by trust companies pursuant to Section 1570 or 1571 shall consist of the following:
  (a) Bonds or other interest-bearing notes or obligations of the United States or those for which the faith and credit of the United States are pledged for the payment of principal and interest.
  (b) Bonds of the State of California or those for which the faith and credit of the State of California are pledged for the payment of principal and interest or in registered warrants of the State of California.
  (c) Obligations and securities of the type described in subdivisions (a) to (g), inclusive, of Section 1510.
  (d) Obligations and assets of the type described in subdivisions (a) to (c), inclusive, of Section 1511.
  (e) Loans secured by a first lien on real property and otherwise complying with the provisions of subdivision (a) of Section 1486.
  (f) Obligations issued, assumed, or guaranteed by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Inter-American Development Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the International Finance Corporation, or the African Development Bank.

Such money or securities shall be approved by the commissioner and be deposited with the Treasurer upon the written order of the commissioner. Upon receiving any such deposit the Treasurer shall give his or her receipt therefor and thereafter subject to the provisions of this chapter shall hold such deposits for the sole benefit of the beneficiaries of the class of trust business for the security and protection of which the same were deposited. The state is responsible for the custody and safe return of any money or securities so deposited. The Treasurer shall deposit any such moneys under the provisions of Sections 16370 to 16375 of the Government Code.

Securities deposited pursuant to this article may be exchanged from time to time, with the approval of the commissioner, for other like securities of equal market value. Upon written request to the commissioner, any trust company shall be entitled to withdraw from the Treasurer, from time to time, any amount of its securities so deposited in excess of the amount it is required to maintain on deposit in order to conform with the requirements of this article. Upon receiving a written request for such withdrawal or exchange, and satisfactory proof of the facts warranting the same, the commissioner shall forthwith deliver to the Treasurer a written order directing the withdrawal or exchange of such securities so as to conform with the provisions of this section. The Treasurer shall comply with such written order. So long as the trust company so depositing such securities shall continue solvent, it shall have the right and shall be permitted by the Treasurer to receive the interest and dividends on any securities deposited by it.

Should any security deposited pursuant to this article so depreciate in value as to reduce the deposit below the amount required by this article, additional money or securities shall be deposited promptly in amount sufficient to meet such requirements. The commissioner may make an investigation of the value of any security deposited pursuant to this article, at the time such security is presented for deposit or at any time thereafter, whenever in his judgment such investigation is necessary. The commissioner may make such charge as may be reasonable and proper for such investigation.

When any revaluation of securities is made by the commissioner pursuant to Section 1575, other than at the time such securities are presented for deposit, United States Government securities having a maturity date less than five years from the date of such revaluation shall be valued at not less than par.

The money and securities deposited pursuant to this article shall be subject to sale and the same or the proceeds thereof shall be subject to disposal by the State Treasurer only on the order of a court of competent jurisdiction and for the benefit respectively of the beneficiaries of that class of trust business for the security and protection of which the securities were deposited.

The commissioner may, pursuant to Section 329, levy a civil penalty against any trust company that fails to comply with this article.