Section 31507 Of Chapter 7. Records, Reports, And Examinations From California Financial Code >> Division 15. >> Chapter 7.
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. (a) The commissioner shall examine each licensee not less
frequently than once each calendar year.
(b) (1) The commissioner may at any time examine any licensee or
any parent or subsidiary of a licensee.
(2) The commissioner may at any time examine any office of any
licensee within or outside of this state.
(3) The commissioner may at any time examine any affiliate of a
licensee (other than a parent or subsidiary of the licensee) but only
with respect to matters relating to transactions between the
affiliate and the licensee.
(c) The directors, officers, and employees of any licensee or of
any affiliate of a licensee being examined by the commissioner and
any other person having custody of any of the books, accounts, or
records of the licensee or affiliate shall exhibit to the
commissioner, on request, any or all of the books, accounts, and
other records of the licensee or affiliate and shall otherwise
facilitate the examination so far as it may be in their power to do
so. However, in the case of an examination of an affiliate of a
licensee other than a parent or subsidiary of the licensee, only
books, accounts, and records of the affiliate that relate to
transactions between the affiliate and the licensee shall be subject
to this subdivision.
(d) The commissioner may, if in his or her opinion it is necessary
in the examination of any licensee or of any affiliate of a
licensee, retain any certified public accountant, attorney,
appraiser, or other person to assist him or her, and the licensee
shall pay, within 10 days after receipt of a statement from the
commissioner, the fees of that person.