1151.55 Impairment of capital or overvaluation of assets.
1151.55 Impairment of capital or overvaluation of assets.
Whenever, from an examination or otherwise, it appears to the superintendent of building and loan associations that the capital of any building and loan association is impaired, or that such association is carrying on its books assets in excess of their fair value, he may, upon written notice by registered mail to such association, and at the expense of the association, cause any of such association’s assets designated by him to be appraised by two competent disinterested persons, one of whom shall be selected by the superintendent and one by a vote of the majority of the board of directors of the association. If the board fails to act within ten days of the receipt of such notice, it thereby forfeits its right to make such selection, and the superintendent shall select both appraisers. If the two appraisers selected fail to agree upon an appraisal, they shall select a third appraiser, and the decision of two of the three appraisers shall be the appraisal. If the two appraisers first selected fail within ten days after their disagreement to select the third appraiser, he shall be selected by the superintendent, or, at the option of the association, by the presiding judge of the court of common pleas of the county in which such assets are located. If such association fails to exercise this option within ten days after the two appraisers first selected fail to agree upon the third appraiser, the superintendent shall make the selection. In case three appraisers are appointed, two of them must be residents of the county in which the assets appraised are located. The compensation of all such appraisers shall be fixed by the superintendent.
Such appraisers shall proceed forthwith to estimate the value of all such assets, and shall report their findings in writing on forms which include all items prescribed by the superintendent. Two copies of such report shall be sent to the superintendent and one to the association.
If the association is aggrieved at any of the findings of the appraisers, it may, within fifteen days thereafter, file in the court of common pleas in the county in which such association is located, an action praying for an amendment of the appraisal. Thereupon the court, upon the hearing, shall make a finding as to the fair value the appraisers should have found which decision shall be final.
If the appraised value of the assets, ascertained under this section, is less than the book value of such assets on the books of the association, the difference shall constitute a loss to be met in the manner provided by section 1151.53 of the Revised Code, and the board shall, on receipt of the findings of the appraisers, adjust the books of the association in accordance with such findings, unless such loss is otherwise compensated for to the satisfaction of the superintendent.
Effective Date: 10-01-1953