Section 6050 Of Article 2. Access To Books And Records; Communication With Stockholders Or Members; Derivative Actions From California Financial Code >> Division 2. >> Chapter 3. >> Article 2.
6050
. (a) The register of stockholders or members, the books of
account, and the minutes of an association shall be subject to
inspection upon the written demand of any stockholder or member or
group of stockholders or members at any reasonable time during usual
business hours, for a proper purpose reasonably related to the
stockholder's or member's interest. The right of inspection is
limited to a stockholder, or member, or group of stockholders or
members, who hold of record voting shares having a cost of not less
than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), or who hold of record
voting shares constituting not less than 1 percent of the outstanding
voting shares, provided in either case, the stockholder, member, or
group of stockholders or members, have been holders of record of the
voting shares for at least six months before making the written
demand. The right of inspection created by this subdivision shall
extend to the records of each subsidiary of an association subject to
this subdivision and includes the right to make extracts.
(b) Notwithstanding the right of inspection granted in subdivision
(a), no stockholder, member, or group of stockholders or members,
shall have the right to inspect or make extracts of any portion of
any register, book, or minutes of an association containing any of
the following:
(1) A list of depositors in or borrowers from the association.
(2) The addresses of depositors or borrowers from the association.
(3) Individual deposit or loan balances or records. "Records" for
the purposes of this paragraph means confidential facts pertaining to
personal financial information about an individual, including, but
not limited to, an individual's credit file and any loan application.
(4) Any data from which any of the information described in
paragraphs (1) to (3), inclusive, could be reasonably constructed.
(c) Each association director shall have the right at any
reasonable time to inspect all books, records, documents of every
kind, and the physical properties of that association. The inspection
may be made in person or by agent or attorney, and the right of
inspection includes the right to make extracts. In the case of
foreign associations the right of inspection extends only to books,
records, documents, and property located in this state.
(d) Savings accountholders who are not stockholders, members, or
directors of an association shall have no right of inspection under
this section.