2005 California Financial Code Sections 540-547 Article 3. Other Places of Business

540.  As used in this article, "place of business" means any place
of business of a bank other than a head office, a branch office, or a
place of business consented to by the commissioner pursuant to
Section 776 of this code.
541.  No bank shall establish or maintain a place of business unless
it is authorized to do so by the commissioner.
542.  An application for authority to establish and maintain a place
of business shall be in such form and contain such information as
the commissioner may prescribe, and shall be accompanied by a fee of
two hundred fifty dollars ($250).
543.  The commissioner may give or withhold approval of an
application in his or her discretion, but he or she shall not approve
the application until he or she has ascertained to his or her
satisfaction that the public convenience and advantage will be
promoted by the proposed place of business.
544.  When the commissioner has approved an application, the
commissioner shall issue a certificate in duplicate authorizing the
bank to establish and maintain the place of business.  The
certificate shall specify the conditions, if any, under which the
place of business may be established and maintained and the place
where it will be located.  The commissioner shall place one copy of
the certificate on file with the department.  The commissioner shall
transmit one copy of the certificate to the applicant bank.
545.  The approval of an application to establish and maintain a
place of business shall be revoked by operation of law if the
applicant bank does not establish and maintain such place of business
within one year after the date of such approval.  However, for good
cause on written application made before such approval is revoked and
accompanied by a fee of one hundred dollars ($100), the commissioner
may extend for additional periods not in excess of one year each the
time within which such place of business may be established and
maintained.
546.  With the prior written approval of the commissioner, a bank
may change the location of a place of business from one location to
another in the same vicinity.  An application for such approval shall
be accompanied by a fee of one hundred dollars ($100).
547.  (a) A bank may close or discontinue the operation of a place
of business provided it files a notice with the commissioner,
containing the information in subdivision (b), at least 30 days prior
to the closure or discontinuance, and provided further that the
commissioner either (1) issues a written statement not objecting to
the notice or (2) does not issue a written objection to the notice.
   (b) A notice filed by a California state bank of the closure or
discontinuance of a place of business shall contain the following
information.
   (1) The name of the California state bank.
   (2) The name and location of the place of business proposed to be
closed or discontinued.
   (3) The name and location of the place of business that will
assume the business of the branch office proposed to be closed or
discontinued.
   (4) Any other information that the commissioner may require.