Section 1805 Of Article 3. Agencies And Branch Offices From California Financial Code >> Division 1.1. >> Chapter 20. >> Article 3.
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. (a) A foreign (other nation) bank that is licensed to
maintain an agency or branch office may transact commercial banking
business at the office, subject to the following:
(1) In case the office is a nondepositary agency, the bank shall
not transact the business of accepting deposits.
(2) In case the office is a depositary agency, the bank shall not
transact the business of accepting any deposits other than deposits
of (A) a foreign nation, (B) an agency or instrumentality of a
foreign nation, or (C) a person which resides, is domiciled, and
maintains its principal place of business in a foreign nation. For
purposes of this paragraph, "person" means any individual,
proprietorship, joint venture, partnership, trust, business trust,
syndicate, association, joint stock company, corporation, limited
liability company, or any other organization or any branch or
division thereof.
(3) In case the office is a limited branch office, the bank shall
not transact the business of accepting any deposits other than (A)
deposits of the kind described in paragraph (2), or (B) deposits that
a corporation organized under Section 25A of the Federal Reserve Act
(12 U.S.C. Sec. 612 et seq.) is permitted to accept.
(4) In case the office is a wholesale branch office, the bank
shall not transact the business of accepting any deposits other than
(A) deposits of the kind described in paragraph (2), (B) deposits of
two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) or more, or (C)
deposits the acceptance of which the commissioner determines by
regulation or order do not constitute engaging in domestic retail
deposit activities requiring deposit insurance protection.
(5) In case the office is an agency, limited branch office, or
wholesale branch office, the bank may, subject to any regulations
that the commissioner may prescribe, maintain credit balances.
(6) In any case, the bank shall not transact any business that it
is not authorized to transact or is prohibited from transacting under
the law of its domicile or that commercial banks organized under the
laws of this state are not authorized to transact or are prohibited
from transacting.
(b) No foreign (other nation) bank that is licensed to maintain an
agency or branch office shall transact any trust business at the
office except as permitted under Section 1555.