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HomeFinancial CodeDiv. 7Ch. 7Art. 2§ 18491 Thrift Obligation Payment Limits

§ 18491 Thrift Obligation Payment Limits

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§ 18491 Thrift Obligation Payment Limits

Key Takeaways

  • •If a bank or savings place closes, the state will pay back up to $50,000 to each person who had money saved there.
  • •If there isn’t enough money to pay everyone the full $50,000, everyone gets a smaller amount based on what’s available.
  • •The state gets the rights to the money it paid back, meaning it can try to get that money back later from the closed bank’s assets.
  • •Any extra money recovered later will first go to the state to cover what it paid, before anyone with more than $50,000 gets their extra money back.

Example

Imagine your local bank suddenly closes, and you had $40,000 saved there.

The state will give you your $40,000 back within 10 days. If the bank only had enough money to pay 80% of what people were owed, you’d get $32,000 right away and the rest later when more money is available.

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

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§ 18491 Thrift Obligation Payment Limits

(a) When the property and business of a member, other than a special member, is being liquidated, the commissioner may direct Guaranty Corporation to pay each thrift obligation of the member specified in Section 18523 up to fifty thousand dollars ($50,000). Guaranty Corporation shall pay the thrift obligations at the direction of, and in the amounts directed by, the commissioner within 10 days from the date the commissioner makes demand for payment under this section. If the total funds available from Guaranty Corporation at that time are insufficient to pay in full the amounts provided by Section 18523, the amount paid to each thriftholder shall be ratably reduced in proportion to the amount by which the fund is deficient, and thereafter further payments shall be made ratably to those thriftholders in accordance with the directions of the commissioner as additional funds become available to Guaranty Corporation. (b) When any thrift obligation is paid up to the guaranteed amount as provided in subdivision (a), Guaranty Corporation shall be assigned all rights, title, and interest to each individual thrift obligation up to the amount paid by Guaranty Corporation to each individual thriftholder. (c) Guaranty Corporation shall first receive ratable liquidation proceeds up to the amount paid by Guaranty Corporation to a thriftholder prior to any payment of liquidation proceeds to a thriftholder whose account was in excess of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000). (d) Each member’s account and each special member’s account shall be reduced ratably based on the account balance for the total amount paid pursuant to subdivision (a). Liquidation proceeds paid to Guaranty Corporation pursuant to subdivision (c) shall ratably increase each member and special member account based on the account balance for the total amount paid pursuant to subdivision (a). (Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 142, Sec. 14. Effective July 1, 1985.)

Last verified: January 23, 2026

Key Terms

thrift obligationGuaranty Corporationratably reducedliquidation proceeds

Related Statutes

  • § 18490 Thrift Obligation Deficiency Payments
  • § 18481 Guaranteed Investment Certificates
  • § 18493 Commissioner Enforcement Against Guaranty Corporat
  • § 18494 Corporation Possession Court Challenge
  • § 18495 Appeals From Court Judgments

References

  • Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
  • California Legislature. Financial Code. Section 18491.
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