Any person who operates a securities depository, or solicits holders of securities within this state to place securities in a securities depository, either directly as principal or indirectly as agent, employee, manager, fiduciary representative, or in any other capacity, unless such securities depository has applied for and received the license required by this division, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for not less than three months and not exceeding 12 months, or by a fine of not less than two hundred fifty dollars ($250) and not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both such fine and imprisonment.
(Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 1057.)
Last modified: October 25, 2018