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Fin. Code, § 5620 · Article 4. Issuance of Stock and Certificates

Fin. Code, § 5620

Verbatim from the official edition

Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)

(a) A stock association may issue shares of common stock and preferred stock, with or without par value, and common and preferred stock may be divided into classes and the classes into series.

(b) Stock associations which have withdrawable shares outstanding as of the effective date of this section may continue to issue savings accounts in that form and the holders of these accounts shall have the same rights as they had before this section became law.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1091, Sec. 2.

Source of truth

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As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Official file
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=FIN&sectionNum=5620.
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