{"data":{"id":"us-ca/fin-18151","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"FIN § 18151","heading":"","body":"An industrial loan company which opens a branch office without first obtaining a certificate of authorization to transact business shall forfeit to the people of the state the sum of one hundred dollars ($100) for every day during which the branch office is maintained without authority.","path":["Financial Code - FIN","DIVISION 7. INDUSTRIAL LOAN COMPANIES [18000. - 18707.]","CHAPTER 2. Formation and Organization [18100. - 18166.]","ARTICLE 4. Branch Offices [18145. - 18154.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"ad507652552eeaa9d7c98bda88dbbb6bc1cb009505c471851cebdc0829811f85","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/fin-18150","next":"us-ca/fin-18152"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}