Terms Used In California Codes > Health and Safety Code > Division 13 > Part 2 > Chapter 2 - Application and Scope

• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Commissioner: means the Insurance Commissioner of this State. See California Insurance Code 20
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• Mortgage: includes a trust deed, "mortgagor" includes a trustor under such trust deed, "mortgagee" includes a beneficiary under such trust deed, or a trustee exercising powers or performing duties granted to or imposed upon him thereunder, and "lien" in respect to real or personal property includes a charge or incumbrance arising out of a trust deed. See California Insurance Code 29
• Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
• Mortgage guaranty insurance: means :

  California Insurance Code 12640.02

• Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money.
• Person: means any person, association, organization, partnership, business trust, limited liability company, or corporation. See California Insurance Code 19
• rules and regulations: as used in this part , means regulations promulgated by the commission or department, as appropriate, pursuant to Chapter 3. See California Health and Safety Code 18010.5
• State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Insurance Code 28
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.