Financial Code section 5655

No association shall advertise or hold itself out to the public as a bank. This subdivision shall not be construed to prohibit an association which is a savings bank from advertising or holding itself out to the public as a “savings bank.”

Source: Section 5655, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=FIN§ionNum=5655. (updated Jul. 6, 1984; accessed Jun. 18, 2026).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/financial_code_section_5655

Original Source: Section 5655, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=FIN§ionNum=5655. (last accessed May 12, 2025).