California Law (Last Updated: March 4, 2014) |
Business and Professions Code - BPC |
Division 3. PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY |
Chapter 6. Professional Fiduciaries |
ARTICLE 3. Licensing |
Section 6534.
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(a) The bureau shall maintain the following information in each licensee's file, shall make this information available to a court for any purpose, including the determination of the appropriateness of appointing or continuing the appointment of, or removing, the licensee as a conservator, guardian, trustee, or personal representative, and shall otherwise keep this information confidential, except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c) of this section:
(1) The names of the licensee's current conservatees or wards and the trusts or estates currently administered by the licensee.
(2) The aggregate dollar value of all assets currently under the licensee's supervision as a professional fiduciary.
(3) The licensee's current addresses and telephone numbers for his or her place of business and place of residence.
(4) Whether the licensee has ever been removed for cause as a conservator, guardian, trustee, or personal representative or has ever resigned as a conservator, guardian, trustee, or personal representative in a specific case, the circumstances causing that removal or resignation, and the case names, court locations, and case numbers associated with the removal or resignation.
(5) The case names, court locations, and case numbers of all conservatorship, guardianship, or trust or other estate administration cases that are closed for which the licensee served as the conservator, guardian, trustee, or personal representative.
(6) Information regarding any discipline imposed upon the licensee by the bureau.
(7) Whether the licensee has filed for bankruptcy or held a controlling financial interest in a business that filed for bankruptcy in the last 10 years.
(b) The bureau shall make the information in paragraphs (2), (4), (6), and (7) of subdivision (a) available to the public.
(c) The bureau shall also publish information regarding licensees on the Internet as specified in Section 27. The information shall include, but shall not be limited to, information regarding license status and the information specified under subdivision (b).