Section 16522.
Cal. Government Code - GOV § 16522.
in effectThe following securities may be received as security for demand and time deposits:
(a)
Bonds, notes, or other obligations of the United States, or those for which the faith and credit of the United States are pledged for the payment of principal and interest, including the guaranteed portions of small business administration loans, so long as those loans are obligations for which the faith and credit of the United States are pledged for the payment of principal and interest.
(b)
Notes or bonds or any obligations of a local public agency (as defined in the United States Housing Act of 1949) (42 U.S.C. Sec. 1441 et seq.) or any obligations of a public
housing agency (as defined in the United States Housing Act of 1937) (42 U.S.C. Sec. 1437 et seq.) for which the faith and credit of the United States are pledged for the payment of principal and interest.
(c)
Bonds of this state or of any county, city, town, metropolitan water district, municipal utility district, municipal water district, bridge and highway district, flood control district, school district, water district, water conservation district or irrigation district within this state, and, in addition, revenue or tax anticipation notes, and revenue bonds payable solely out of the revenues from a revenue-producing property owned, controlled or operated by this state, or such local agency or district, or by a department, board, agency, or authority thereof.
(d)
Registered
warrants of this state.
(e)
Bonds, consolidated bonds, collateral trust debentures, consolidated debentures, or other obligations issued by the United States Postal Service, federal land banks or federal intermediate credit banks established under the Federal Farm Loan Act (Public Law 64-158), as amended, debentures and consolidated debentures issued by the Central Bank for Cooperatives and banks for cooperatives established under the Farm Credit Act of 1933 (Public Law 73-75), as amended, consolidated obligations of the Federal Home Loan Banks established under the Federal Home Loan Bank Act (12 U.S.C. Sec. 1421 et seq.), bonds, debentures, and other obligations of the Federal National Mortgage Association and of the Government National Mortgage Association established under the National Housing Act of 1934 (Public Law 73-479) as amended,
in the bonds of any federal home loan bank established under said act, bonds, debentures, and other obligations of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation established under the Emergency Home Finance Act of 1970 (Public Law 91-351), and in bonds, notes, and other obligations issued by the Tennessee Valley Authority under the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933 (16 U.S.C. 831), as amended.
(f)
Bonds and notes of the California Housing Finance Agency issued pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 51350) of Part 3 of Division 31 of the Health and Safety Code.
(g)
Promissory notes secured by first mortgages and first trust deeds upon residential real property located in California, provided that:
(1)
Notwithstanding Section 16521, the promissory notes shall at all times be in an amount in value at least 50 percent in excess of the amount deposited with the bank;
(2)
The Treasurer issues regulations, establishes procedures for determining the value of the promissory notes and develops standards necessary to protect the security of the deposits so collateralized;
(3)
The depository may exercise, enforce, or waive any right or power granted to it by promissory note, mortgage, or deed of trust; and
(4)
The following may not be used as security for deposits:
(A)
Any promissory note on which any payment is more than 90 days past due,
(B)
Any promissory note secured by a mortgage or deed of trust as to which there is a lien prior to the mortgage or deed of trust, or
(C)
Any promissory note secured by a mortgage or deed of trust as to which a notice of default has been recorded pursuant to Section 2924 of the Civil Code or an action has been commenced pursuant to Section 725a of the Code of Civil Procedure.
(h)
Bonds issued by the State of Israel.
(i)
Obligations issued, assumed, or guaranteed by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Inter-American Development Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the African Development Bank, the International Finance Corporation,
or the Government Development Bank for Puerto Rico.
(j)
Any municipal securities, as defined by Section 3(a)(29) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, (15 U.S.C. 78, as amended), which are issued by this state or any local agency thereof.
(k)
Letters of credit issued by the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco, which shall be in the form and shall contain provisions as the Treasurer may prescribe, and shall include the following terms:
(1)
The Treasurer shall be the beneficiary of the letter of credit.
(2)
The letter of credit shall be clean and irrevocable, and shall provide
that the Treasurer may draw upon it up to the total amount in the event of the failure of the bank or if the bank refuses to permit the withdrawal of funds by the Treasurer or any other authorized state officer or employee.
(3)
Notwithstanding Section 16521, the letter of credit shall at all times be an amount in value of at least 100 percent of the amount deposited with the bank.
(l)
An eligible bank that has been selected by the Treasurer for the safekeeping of money belonging to, or in the custody of, the state, and that has its headquarters located outside of the state, may submit letters of credit that are drawn on its regional federal home loan bank as security, solely for deposits maintained in the Treasurer’s demand accounts, and subject to the terms set forth in paragraphs
(1) to (3), inclusive, of subdivision (k).
References
referencesCal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 51350.
referencesCal. Civil Code - CIV § 2924.
referencesCal. Government Code - GOV § 16521.
referencesCal. Government Code - GOV § 725a.
referencesCal. Government Code - GOV § 3.
Source: CA Legislative Counsel Bulk DataURL: https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zipFetched: 6/27/2026