After an application for approval of a sale has been approved by the commissioner and all conditions precedent to the sale have been fulfilled, the commissioner shall approve the agreement of sale and endorse the approval on the original or a copy of the agreement of sale. The sale shall become effective for all purposes at that time, except that, if the law of the purchaser’s domicile provides for the sale to become effective at a later time, it shall become effective at the later time.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1064, Sec. 499.5. Effective January 1, 1997. Operative July 1, 1997.)