SECURITIESANDEXCHANGECOMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-8A

NOTIFICATION OF REGISTRATION

FILED PURSUANT TO SECTION 8(a) OF THE

INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940

The undersigned investment company hereby notifies the Securities and Exchange Commission that it registers under and pursuant tothe provisions of Section 8(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 and in connection with such notification of registration submits thefollowinginformation:

Name:    CALIFORNIA FIRST LEASING CORPORATION

AddressofPrincipal BusinessOffice(No.&Street, City,State, ZipCode):

          5000 Birch Street, Suite 500, Newport Beach, CA 92660

TelephoneNumber(includingareacode):   949-255-0500

NameandAddressofagentforserviceofprocess:
	Glen T. Tsuma
	Secretary
	California First Leasing Corporation
	5000 Birch Street, Suite 500
	Newport Beach, CA 92660

Check appropriate box:
	Registrant is filing a Registration Statement pursuant to Section 8(b) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 concurrently with the filing of Form N-8A:
		Yes:	No	X

Item 1.	Exact Name of Registrant		California First Leasing Corporation
Item 2.	Name of state under the laws of which registrant was organized or created and the date of such organization or creation
	Incorporated in California on April 27, 2001
Item 3.	Form of organization		Public stock corporation
Item 4.	Classification of registrant:		Management company
Item 5.	Type of Management Company		Closed-end diversified company
Item 6.	Name and address of investment advisor		Not applicable
Item 7.	Name and address of each officer and director of registrant
	The address for each of the named officers and directors is:
	California First Leasing Corporation, 5000 Birch Street, Suite 500, Newport Beach, CA  92660
	Executive Officers
	Patrick E. Paddon, Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer
	Glen T. Tsuma, Chief Operating Officer and Secretary
	S. Leslie Jewett, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer
	Andrew Branin, Senior Vice President of Accounting and Administration
	Independent Directors
	Michael H. Lowry
	Harris Ravine
	Danilo Cacciamatta
	Robert W. Kelley
Item 8.	Not applicable
Item 9.	(a)	Is registrant currently issuing or offering its securities directly to the public		No
	(b)	Not applicable
	(c)	Does registrant propose to make a public offering of its securities		No
	(d)	Does registrant have any securities currently issued and outstanding		Yes
	(e)	Number of beneficial owners outstanding securities and name of company owning 10
		percent or more of registrants outstanding voting securities
		·As of February 18, 2022, there were an estimated 309 beneficial owners of the 10,284,139 shares outstanding ·Patrick E. Paddon owns 62.5% of the outstanding shares ·Glen T. Tsuma owns 13.1% of the outstanding shares
Item 10.		The current value of the registrant's total assets	Total Assets at December 31, 2022:	$252.3 million
Item 11.		Does the registrant plan to apply for a license to operate as a small business investment company		No
Item 12.		Copy of last regular periodic report to security holders
		Attached as Exhibit N-8A

PursuanttotherequirementsoftheInvestmentCompanyActof1940,theregistranthascausedthisnotificationofregistrationtobeduly signedonitsbehalfintheCityofNewport BeachandState ofCaliforniaonthe25thdayofFebruary, 2022.

			CALIFORNIA FIRST LEASING CORPORATION
			(Name of Registrant)
		By:	/s/ Patrick E. Paddon
			Patrick E. Paddon
			Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Attest:	/s/ Glen T. Tsuma
	Glen T. Tsuma
	Chief Operating Officer and Secretary