Article 1. General Provisions of California Financial Code >> Division 15. >> Chapter 12. >> Article 1.

It shall be unlawful for any person willfully to make any untrue statement of a material fact in any application or report filed with the commissioner under this division or under any regulation or order issued under this division, or willfully to omit to state in any such application or report any material fact which is required to be stated therein.

It shall be unlawful for any person having custody of any of the books, accounts, or other records of a licensee willfully to refuse to allow the commissioner, upon request, to inspect or make copies of any of such books, accounts, or other records.

It shall be unlawful for any person, with intent to deceive any director, officer, employee, auditor, or attorney of a licensee, the commissioner, or any governmental agency, to make any false entry in any of the books, accounts, or other records of such licensee, to omit to make any entry in such books, accounts, or other records which such person is required to make, or to alter, conceal, or destroy any of such books, accounts, or other records.