Section 1396 - Office of state bank not deemed office of depository; depository not deemed transacting business in state(a) No office of a California state bank that conducts authorized agency activities as agent for an insured depository institution in accordance with this article shall, on that account, be deemed to be an office of the insured depository institution.(b) For purposes of this division, no insured depository institution that has a California state bank engaged in authorized agency activities as its agent shall on that account be deemed to be transacting business in this state.Added by Stats 2012 ch 243 (SB 664),s 3, eff. 1/1/2012.