Section 14162 Of Title 11. Records And Reports Of Monetary Instrument Transactions From California Penal Code >> Title 11. >> Part 4.
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. (a) A financial institution shall make and keep a record of
each transaction by, through, or to, the financial institution that
involves currency of more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000). A
financial institution shall file a report of the transaction with the
department in a form and at the time that the department, by
regulation, shall require. The filing with the department within the
time specified in its regulations of a duplicate copy of a report of
the transaction required by Section 6050I of Title 26 of the United
States Code, and any regulations adopted thereunder, shall satisfy
the reporting requirements of this subdivision. This subdivision does
not apply to a financial institution, as defined in Section 5312 of
Title 31 of the United States Code and Section 103.11 of Title 31 of
the Code of Federal Regulations and any successor provisions thereto.
(b) A financial institution, as defined in Section 5312 of Title
31 of the United States Code and Section 103.11 of Title 31 of the
Code of Federal Regulations and any successor provisions, shall file
with the department, at any time as the department by regulation
shall require, a duplicate copy of each report required by Sections
5313 and 5314 of Title 31 of the United States Code and by Sections
103.22 and 103.23 of Title 31 of the Code of Federal Regulations, and
any successor provisions thereto. The filing pursuant to this
subdivision shall satisfy all reporting and recordkeeping
requirements of this title.
(c) (1) A financial institution with actual knowledge of the
requirements of this section that knowingly and willfully fails to
comply with the requirements of this section shall be liable for a
civil penalty.
(2) The court may impose a civil penalty for each violation.
However, in the first civil proceeding against a financial
institution, the civil penalties for all violations shall not exceed
a total sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000). If a civil penalty was
imposed in a prior civil proceeding, the civil penalties for all
violations shall not exceed a total sum of twenty-five thousand
dollars ($25,000). If a civil penalty was imposed in two or more
prior civil proceedings, the civil penalties for all violations shall
not exceed a total sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000).
(3) A proceeding for a civil penalty under this subdivision may be
brought only by the Attorney General of California or the district
attorney for the county in which the violation is alleged to have
occurred. The proceeding shall be governed by the Code of Civil
Procedure.
(4) This subdivision shall not apply to any case where the
financial institution is criminally prosecuted in federal or state
court for conduct related to a violation of this section.