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HomeFinancial CodeDiv. 6Ch. 6Art. 3§ 17637 Liquidation Expenses Payment

§ 17637 Liquidation Expenses Payment

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§ 17637 Liquidation Expenses Payment

This law lets a state commissioner hire special deputies and other workers to handle the liquidation of a licensee's assets, and it allows the commissioner to pay their salaries and related costs from the licensee's funds.

Key Takeaways

  • •The commissioner can appoint special deputies and staff for liquidation.
  • •Their salaries and related costs are paid from the licensee's funds.
  • •These costs include portions of the commissioner's salary, auditors, accountants, and office expenses that are tied to the liquidation.

Example

A state liquor license holder goes out of business and the state needs to shut it down and distribute its assets.

The commissioner hires extra staff and lawyers to manage the shutdown, sets their pay, and pays those costs from the money the licensee still holds, just like paying a team to clean up and sell off a store's inventory.

AI-generated — May contain errors. Not legal advice. Always verify source.

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§ 17637 Liquidation Expenses Payment

The commissioner may appoint one or more special deputies to assist in the duties of liquidation and distribution under his direction and may also employ such special legal counsel, accountants, and assistants as may be needed and required and fix their salaries and compensation. All such salaries and compensation with other reasonable and necessary expenses as may be incurred in the liquidation shall be paid by the commissioner from the funds of the licensee in his hands. Such expenses shall include, among other things, that part of the salary of the commissioner and of his deputies, auditors, accountants, appraisers and other assistants, and that part of the general expenses of the commissioner’s office, as fairly represent, in the opinion of the commissioner, the proportion properly attributable to such liquidation. (Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 2130.)

Last verified: January 11, 2026

Key Terms

commissionerspecial deputiesliquidationdistributionsalaries and compensationfunds of the licensee

Related Statutes

  • § 17649 Commissioner'S Liquidation Authority
  • § 17635 Conservator To Liquidator Conversion
  • § 17636 Receiver Appointment Liquidation
  • § 17638 Commissioner Liquidation Powers
  • § 17640 Commissioner Authority Over Licensee Assets

References

  • Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
  • California Legislature. Financial Code. Section 17637.
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