Section 23045 Of Article 1. Administrative Actions From California Financial Code >> Division 10. >> Chapter 3. >> Article 1.
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. (a) Licenses issued under this division remain in effect
until they are surrendered, revoked, or suspended.
(b) The surrender of a license becomes effective 30 days after
receipt of an application to surrender the license or within a
shorter period of time that the commissioner may determine, unless a
revocation or suspension proceeding is pending when the application
is filed or a proceeding to revoke or suspend or to impose conditions
upon the surrender is instituted within 30 days after the
application is filed. If a proceeding is pending or instituted, the
surrender of a license becomes effective at the time and upon the
conditions that the commissioner determines.
(c) The power of investigation and examination by the commissioner
is not terminated by the surrender, suspension, or revocation of any
license issued by the commissioner.
(d) Whenever the commissioner deems it necessary for the general
welfare of the public, the commissioner shall have continuous
authority to exercise the powers set forth in this division whether
or not an application for a license has been filed with the
commissioner, any license has been issued, or if issued, has been
surrendered, suspended, or revoked.
(e) The commissioner may, upon three days' notice and a hearing,
suspend any license for a period not exceeding 30 days, pending
investigation, where the commissioner believes that a person subject
to this division is conducting business in an unsafe or injurious
manner.
(f) Any licensee may surrender any license by delivering to the
commissioner written notice that the licensee surrenders that license
pursuant to subdivision (b). The surrender of the license does not
affect the licensee's civil or criminal liability for acts committed
prior to the surrender of the license.