Section 7473 Of Article 3. Confidentiality Of, And Access To, Financial Records From California Government Code >> Division 7. >> Title 1. >> Chapter 20. >> Article 3.
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. (a) A customer may authorize disclosure under paragraph (1)
of subdivision (a) of Section 7470 if those seeking disclosure
furnish to the financial institution a signed and dated statement by
which the customer:
(1) Authorizes such disclosure for a period to be set forth in the
authorization statement;
(2) Specifies the name of the agency or department to which
disclosure is authorized and, if applicable, the statutory purpose
for which the information is to be obtained; and
(3) Identifies the financial records which are authorized to be
disclosed.
(b) No such authorization shall be required by a financial
institution as a condition of doing business with such financial
institution.
(c) Any officer, employee or agent of a state or local agency
seeking customer authorization for disclosure of customer financial
records shall include in the form which the customer signs granting
authorization written notification that the customer has the right at
any time to revoke such authorization, except where such
authorization is required by statute.
(d) (1) An agency or department examining the financial records of
a customer pursuant to this section shall notify the customer in
writing of such examination within 30 days of the agency or
department's receipt of any of the customer's financial records,
except that by application to a judge of a court of competent
jurisdiction in the county in which the records are located upon a
showing of good cause to believe that disclosure would impede the
investigation, such notification requirements may be extended for two
additional 30-day periods. Thereafter, by application to a court
upon a showing of extreme necessity for nondisclosure, such
notification requirements may be extended for three additional 30-day
periods. At the end of that period or periods the agency or
department shall inform the customer that he has the right to make a
written request as to the reason for such examination. Such notice
shall specify the financial records which were examined and, if
requested, the reason for such examination.
(2) Wherever practicable, an application for an additional
extension of notification time shall be made to the judge who granted
the first extension of notification time. In deciding whether to
grant an extension of the notification time, the judge shall endeavor
to provide the customer with prompt notification, consistent with
the purpose of this chapter, and on the presumption that prompt
notification is the rule and delayed notification the exception.