California Code, Financial Code - FIN § 1805

(1) In case the office is a nondepositary agency, the bank shall not transact the business of accepting deposits.

(2) In case the office is a depositary agency, the bank shall not transact the business of accepting any deposits other than deposits of (A) a foreign nation, (B) an agency or instrumentality of a foreign nation, or (C) a person which resides, is domiciled, and maintains its principal place of business in a foreign nation. For purposes of this paragraph, “person” means any individual, proprietorship, joint venture, partnership, trust, business trust, syndicate, association, joint stock company, corporation, limited liability company, or any other organization or any branch or division thereof.

(3) In case the office is a limited branch office, the bank shall not transact the business of accepting any deposits other than (A) deposits of the kind described in paragraph (2), or (B) deposits that a corporation organized under Section 25A of the Federal Reserve Act (12 U.S.C. Sec. 612 et seq.) is permitted to accept.

(4) In case the office is a wholesale branch office, the bank shall not transact the business of accepting any deposits other than (A) deposits of the kind described in paragraph (2), (B) deposits of two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) or more, or (C) deposits the acceptance of which the commissioner determines by regulation or order do not constitute engaging in domestic retail deposit activities requiring deposit insurance protection.

(5) In case the office is an agency, limited branch office, or wholesale branch office, the bank may, subject to any regulations that the commissioner may prescribe, maintain credit balances.

(6) In any case, the bank shall not transact any business that it is not authorized to transact or is prohibited from transacting under the law of its domicile or that commercial banks organized under the laws of this state are not authorized to transact or are prohibited from transacting.