9-1801. Application for incorporation or for certificate of authority to be filed with the board; acceptance and approval of application for incorporation and authority to do business by commissioner,
9-1801
9-1801. Application for incorporation or for certificate of authority to be filed with the board; acceptance and approval of application for incorporation and authority to do business by commissioner, when. (a) No bank or trust company shall be organized or incorporated under the laws of this state, nor shall any such institution transact either a banking business or a trust business in this state, until the application for its incorporation and application for authority to do business has been submitted to and approved by the board. The board shall approve or disapprove the organization and establishment of any such institution in the city or town in which the same is sought to be located. The form for making any such application shall be prescribed by the board and any application made to the board shall contain such information as it shall require. The board shall not approve any such application until it first investigates and examines such application and the applicants.
(b) If upon the dissolution, insolvency or appointment of a receiver of any bank, trust company, national bank association, savings and loan association, savings bank or credit union, it is the opinion of the commissioner that by reason of the loss of services in the community, an emergency exists which may result in serious inconvenience or losses to the depositors or the public interest in the community, the commissioner may accept and approve an application for incorporation and application for authority to do business from applicants for the organization and establishment of a successor bank or trust company.
History: L. 1947, ch. 102, § 103; L. 1977, ch. 45, § 3; L. 1980, ch. 49, § 1; L. 1989, ch. 48, § 46; L. 1990, ch. 54, § 1; L. 1993, ch. 7, § 2; L. 1994, ch. 51, § 6; L. 2001, ch. 87, § 13; July 1.