Insurance Corporation and approved to receive those moneys by the commissioner. Thereafter, these moneys may be deposited in an interest-bearing account in a bank, a state or federal savings bank, a state or federal savings association, an industrial loan company approved to receive those moneys by the commissioner, or a state or federal credit union, if the depositor is qualified for membership under the bylaws of that credit union, and the moneys are maintained separate, distinct, and apart from funds belonging to the escrow agent. Those funds, when deposited, are to be designated as “trust funds,” “escrow accounts,” or under some other appropriate name indicating that the funds are not the funds of the escrow agent.
Upon request of the commissioner, a licensee shall furnish to the commissioner an authorization for examination of financial records of any trust funds or escrow accounts, maintained in a financial institution, in accordance with the procedures set
forth in Section 7473 of the Government Code.
section, other than to transfer the funds to another designated trust account at the same financial institution in the name of the escrow agent or the remittance of the funds to the Controller’s office for escheat purposes.
This subdivision does not impose any duty or obligation on a financial institution to Fidelity Corporation, members of Fidelity Corporation, or the commissioner.
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