16100-16103
FINANCIAL CODE
SECTION 16100-16103
16100. (a) A foreign (other state) credit union that has a license to establish and maintain an office in this state may engage in activities at such office as may be authorized under the laws of its home state and the laws of this state that are applicable to credit unions. (b) Nothing in subdivision (a) authorizes a foreign (other state) credit union to engage in any activity at a California branch office or California facility that it is not authorized to transact or is prohibited from transacting under the law of its home state or that credit unions organized under the laws of this state are not authorized to transact or are prohibited from transacting. 16101. (a) The following provisions of this division apply to a foreign (other state) credit union that maintains a California branch office or California facility with respect to its business in this state as if the foreign (other state) credit union were a credit union organized under the laws of this state: (1) Section 14203. (2) Section 14204. (3) Section 14208. (4) Section 14210. (5) Section 14256. (6) Section 14409. (7) Section 14409.2. (8) Section 14602. (9) Section 14652.5. (10) Section 14655, to the extent promissory notes of the type described in this section are carried on the books of a branch office of a foreign (other state) credit union. (11) Section 14656, to the extent promissory notes of the type described in this section are carried on the books of a branch office of a foreign (other state) credit union. (12) Article 8 (commencing with Section 14750) of Chapter 4. (13) Article 1 (commencing with Section 14850) of Chapter 6. (14) Article 1 (commencing with Section 14950) of Chapter 7. (15) Article 2 (commencing with Section 15001) of Chapter 7. (16) Article 3 (commencing with Section 15050) of Chapter 7, to the extent loans of the type described in that article are carried on the books of a branch office of a foreign (other state) credit union. (17) Section 15102. (b) The laws of this state that are applicable to the activities, operations, and transactions of credit unions organized under the laws of this state, other than the laws in this division, similarly shall apply to the activities, operations, and transactions of a foreign (other state) credit union in this state. Those laws include, but are not limited to, consumer protection laws and laws relating to creditor rights and remedies, mortgages and deeds of trust, bank deposits and collections, and negotiable instruments. 16102. (a) Any foreign (other state) credit union that is authorized to and does maintain a California branch office or California facility is exempted from the restrictions of Section 1 of Article XV of the California Constitution relating to rates of interest upon the loan or forbearance of any money, goods, or things in action or on accounts after demand. (b) This section does not exempt a foreign (other state) credit union or any subsidiary from complying with all other laws and regulations governing the business in which the foreign (other state) credit union or subsidiary is engaged. (c) This section creates and authorizes an exempt class of persons pursuant to Section 1 of Article XV of the California Constitution. (d) This section does not authorize a foreign (other state) credit union or any subsidiary to charge an interest rate on a loan or forbearance in excess of any limitation that exists under the laws of its home state. 16103. (a) A foreign (other state) credit union that is licensed to establish and maintain an office or offices in this state shall keep the assets of the offices separate and apart from the assets of its business outside this state, if required by written order of the commissioner. (b) Persons who are creditors of a foreign (other state) credit union as a result of the business of an office of the foreign (other state) credit union in this state shall be entitled to priority over other creditors with respect to the assets of the business in this state of the foreign (other state) credit union.