2005 California Government Code Sections 7465 Article 2. Definitions

7465.  For the purposes of this chapter:
   (a) The term "financial institution" includes state and national
banks, state and federal savings associations, trust companies,
industrial loan companies, and state and federal credit unions.  Such
term shall not include a title insurer while engaging in the conduct
of the "business of title insurance" as defined by Section 12340.3
of the Insurance Code, an underwritten title company, or an escrow
company.
   (b) The term "financial records" means any original or any copy of
any record or document held by a financial institution pertaining to
a customer of the financial institution.
   (c) The term "person" means an individual, partnership,
corporation, limited liability company, association, trust or any
other legal entity.
   (d) The term "customer" means any person who has transacted
business with or has used the services of a financial institution or
for whom a financial institution has acted as a fiduciary.
   (e) The term "state agency" means every state office, officer,
department, division, bureau, board, and commission or other state
agency, including the Legislature.
   (f) The term "local agency" includes a county; city, whether
general law or chartered; city and county; school district; municipal
corporation; district; political subdivision; or any board,
commission or agency thereof; or other local public agency.
   (g) The term "supervisory agency" means any of the following:
   (1) The Department of Financial Institutions.
   (2) The Controller.
   (3) The Administrator of Local Agency Security.
   (4) The Department of Real Estate.
   (5) The Department of Insurance.
   (h) The term "investigation" includes, but is not limited to, any
inquiry by a peace officer, sheriff, or district attorney, or any
inquiry made for the purpose of determining whether there has been a
violation of any law enforceable by imprisonment, fine, or monetary
liability.
   (i) The term "subpoena" includes subpoena duces tecum.