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HomeFinancial CodeDiv. 7Ch. 6§ 18447 False Financial Reporting Penalties

§ 18447 False Financial Reporting Penalties

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§ 18447 False Financial Reporting Penalties

Key Takeaways

  • •If you work at a loan company and lie in their records or reports, it's a big crime.
  • •If you have the company's books and refuse to show them to the people in charge of checking, you're breaking the law.
  • •This applies to bosses, managers, and regular workers at the loan company.

Example

A manager at a loan company changes numbers in a report to hide that the company is losing money.

This is against the law because the manager is lying in the company's official records. They can get in big trouble, even go to jail, for doing this.

AI-generated — May contain errors. Not legal advice. Always verify source.

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§ 18447 False Financial Reporting Penalties

Any director, officer, or employee of an industrial loan company, its holding company, or its affiliates who knowingly makes or concurs in making or publishing any false entry in its books or records, any written report, exhibit, or statement of its affairs or pecuniary condition containing any material statement which is false, or having the custody of its books, willfully refuses or neglects to make any proper entry in such books as required by law, or to exhibit or allow the same to be inspected or extracts to be taken therefrom by the commissioner or his deputies or investigators, is guilty of a felony. (Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 418, Sec. 9.)

Last verified: January 23, 2026

Key Terms

directorofficeremployeeindustrial loan companyholding companyaffiliatesfalse entrybooks or recordswritten reportexhibitstatement of its affairspecuniary conditionmaterial statementcustody of its booksproper entrycommissionerfelony

Related Statutes

  • § 18450 Loan Violation Penalties
  • § 18446 Fraudulent Property Handling Penalty
  • § 18451 Prohibited Deposit Loans
  • § 1325 Bank Officer False Reports
  • § 14756 Credit Union Officer False Reporting

References

  • Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
  • California Legislature. Financial Code. Section 18447.
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