The records of the Department of Corporations and its predecessor, the Department of Investment - Division of Corporations, consist of 21 cubic feet of documents spanning the years 1966-1982 and are organized into six records series: Subject Files, Commissioner Office Files, Lender-Fiduciary Files, Application Files, Bill Files, and Legislative Correspondence. The Department of Investment - Division of Corporations was established by law (Statutes of 1929, Chapter 277) to bring the agencies regulating the finance and banking industry under one jurisdiction. The Division of Corporations remained under the jurisdiction of the Department of Investments until 1969. Assembly Bill 387 (Statutes of 1969, Chapter 138) amended various codes regarding executive reorganization and authorized the creation of a stand-alone Department of Corporations. Its mission is to ensure an efficient and accessible financial services marketplace in California, to educate the public about the risks and rewards in investing and finances, and to enforce California's financial services laws to protect the public from fraud.

The Department of Corporations is responsible for regulating and licensing businesses including securities brokers and dealers, investment advisers and financial planners, and certain fiduciaries and lenders in the state of California. The department also regulates the offer and sale of securities, franchises, and off-exchange commodities.

21 cubic feet

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Collection is open for research.