Section 7461 Of Article 1. Declaration Of Policy From California Government Code >> Division 7. >> Title 1. >> Chapter 20. >> Article 1.
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. The Legislature finds and declares as follows:
(a) Procedures and policies governing the relationship between
financial institutions and government agencies have in some cases
developed without due regard to citizens' constitutional rights.
(b) The confidential relationships between financial institutions
and their customers are built on trust and must be preserved and
protected.
(c) The purpose of this chapter is to clarify and protect the
confidential relationship between financial institutions and their
customers and to balance a citizen's right of privacy with the
governmental interest in obtaining information for specific purposes
and by specified procedures as set forth in this chapter.