Section 5652 Of Article 5. Association Name, Office From California Financial Code >> Division 2. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 5.
5652
. Except as otherwise authorized under existing law, no person,
unless lawfully authorized to do business in this state under the
provisions of this division and who is actually engaged in carrying
on a savings association business, shall:
(a) Do business under any name or title that contains the
following terms:
(1) "Savings association."
(2) "Savings bank."
(3) "Savings and loan association."
(4) "Building and loan association."
(5) "Building association."
(6) Any combination employing either or both of the words
"building," or "loan," with one or more of the words "saving,"
"savings," or words of similar import.
(7) Any combination employing one or more of the words "saving,"
"savings," or words of similar import with one or more of the words
"association," "bank," "institution," "society," "company," "fund,"
"corporation," or words of similar import.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this subdivision, use of the
term "savings bank" in a name or title is not prohibited to any
person regulated by the provisions of Division 1 (commencing with
Section 99), Division 7 (commencing with Section 18000), or under
procedures and regulations promulgated by the Comptroller of the
Currency, Federal Reserve Board, Office of Thrift Supervision,
Federal Housing Finance Board, or Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation. Any reference to the term "savings bank" in this
division is not intended to apply to any person other than persons
authorized to do business in this state under this division.
(b) Use any name or sign or circulate or use any letterhead,
billhead, circular or paper whatever, or advertise or represent in
any manner that indicates or reasonably implies that the business is
the character or kind of business carried on or transacted by an
association or is likely to lead any person to believe that the
business is that of an association.