Section 1600 Of Article 5. Miscellaneous From California Financial Code >> Division 1.1. >> Chapter 16. >> Article 5.
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. A trust company has the following powers:
(a) It may act, or may be appointed by any court to act, in like
manner as an individual, as executor, administrator, guardian or
conservator of estates, assignee, receiver, depositary, trustee,
custodian, or in any other fiduciary or representative capacity for
any purpose permitted by law, may act as transfer agent or registrar
of corporate stocks and bonds, may buy and sell securities for the
account of customers, and may accept and execute any trust business
permitted by any law of this or any other state or of the United
States to be taken, accepted, or executed by an individual; and
(b) A trust company, upon becoming a member of the Federal Reserve
System, shall continue to have such powers as may then or thereafter
be conferred upon it by the laws of this state, subject to such
federal rules, regulations, and laws as may govern state banks
exercising trust powers or trust companies which become members of
the Federal Reserve System.