STATE OF CALIFORNIA
BUSINESS, TRANSPORTATION AND HOUSING AGENCY
DEPARTMENT OF CORPORATIONS
TO: All-state.net
All-State Escrow, Inc.
2240 Hermosa Ave.
Hermosa Beach, CA 90254
DESIST AND REFRAIN ORDER
(For violations of sections 17200, 17210.2 and 17403 of the California Financial Code)
The California Corporations Commissioner finds that:
1. All-state.net and All-State Escrow, Inc., have engaged in the business of an escrow agent by advertising escrow services over the internet at www.all-state.net as follows:
a) All-state.net represents that it is All-State Escrow, Inc., and that it is located at
2240 Hermosa Ave., Hermosa Beach, CA, 90254. All-state.net and All-State Escrow, Inc., claim to
be an independent, licensed, bonded and insured escrow company, incorporated in California in 1998.
b) A company with a similar name, All-State Escrow (license no. 963-1826) is
licensed as an escrow agent by the Department of Corporations and is located at 2501 Alton Parkway,
Suite A, Irvine, CA 92606. All-State Escrow is not associated with All-state.net or All-State Escrow,
Inc.
c) All-state.net provides on its website links to government documents, including
secretary of state filings and a County of Los Angeles business license. These documents include
filings made by the legitimate licensee, All-State Escrow, which have been forged, altered or
misrepresented as belonging to All-state.net and/or All-State Escrow, Inc.
2. Neither All-state.net nor All-State Escrow, Inc., has been issued a license from the
Commissioner authorizing it to conduct business as an escrow agent, as required by California
Financial Code section 17200.
3. Neither All-state.net nor All-State Escrow, Inc., is exempt from the licensing requirements
of California Financial Code section 17200.
4. Neither All-state.net nor All-State Escrow, Inc., has been issued a license from the
Commissioner authorizing it to use words indicating that it is in the escrow business, as required by
California Financial Code section 17403.
5. All-state.net and All-State Escrow, Inc., have disseminated or caused to be disseminated
false, misleading and/or deceptive statements or representations by providing links on their website to
certain California Secretary of State and other government documents filed by the legitimate licensee,
All-State Escrow, which have been forged, altered or misrepresented as belonging to All-state.net
and/or All-State Escrow, Inc., in violation of California Financial Code section 17210.2.
Based upon the foregoing findings, the California Corporations Commissioner is of the opinion that
All-state.net and All-State Escrow, Inc., and their officers, directors, partners, agents, employees
and/or servants are in violation of California Financial Code sections 17200, 17210.2(a) and
17403(a). Pursuant to California Financial Code section 17416, All-state.net and All-State Escrow,
Inc., are hereby ordered to desist and refrain from engaging in the business of receiving escrows for
deposit or delivery without first obtaining a license from the Commissioner. Pursuant to California
Financial Code section 17403(b), All-state.net and All-State Escrow, Inc., are further ordered to
immediately desist and refrain from issuing, circulating, or publishing any advertisement by means of
any communication, including any website, or making use of or circulating any letterheads, billheads,
blank notes, blank receipts, blank escrow instructions, certificates, circulars, or any written or printed
paper containing any fictitious or corporate name or other words indicating that they are in the
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