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Financial Code - FIN

DIVISION 6. ESCROW AGENTS [17000 - 17703]

  ( Division 6 enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 364. )
  

CHAPTER 2.5. Escrow Agents’ Fidelity Corporation [17300 - 17350]

  ( Heading of Chapter 2.5 amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1458, Sec. 1. )
  

ARTICLE 2. Purpose: Scope of Guarantee [17310 - 17315]
  ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1106, Sec. 1. )

  
17310.  

(a) It shall be the purpose of Fidelity Corporation to indemnify a member within the State of California against loss, subject to the limitations set forth in this chapter.

(b) Fidelity Corporation shall not be liable for any consequential damages sustained by a member, or by any other person, nor for any punitive damages whatsoever.

(c) The indemnification shall be provided by any of the following:

(1) A fund established by Fidelity Corporation pursuant to Section 17320.

(2) A fidelity bond or insurance policy to be approved by the commissioner.

(3) A combination of paragraphs (1) and (2) subject, however, to the maximum coverage specified in subdivision (b) of Section 17314.

(d) Fidelity Corporation shall provide a copy to all of its members and the commissioner of the fidelity bond or insurance policy as it is acquired or renewed, and Fidelity Corporation shall promptly provide a copy to any member or successor in interest, upon request.

(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 376, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2007.)