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US CodeTitle 12Chapter 2

Chapter 2

NATIONAL BANKS

Title 12 - Banks and Banking

106 sections

Sections

§ 121a

Redemption of notes unidentifiable as to bank of issue

Very short

§ 122a

Redeemed notes of unidentifiable issue; funds charged against

Short

§ 142

Banks in reserve cities; reserves

Very short

§ 143

Banks in Alaska and insular possessions; lawful money reserves

Short

§ 144

Certain balances counted toward reserves in dependencies and insular possessions

Short

§ 161

Reports to Comptroller of the Currency

Medium

§ 164

Penalty for failure to make reports

Medium

§ 177a

Funds available for cost of transporting and redeeming national and Federal Reserve bank notes

Very short

§ 181

Voluntary dissolution; appointment and removal of liquidating agent or committee; examination

Medium

§ 182

Notice of intent to dissolve

Short

§ 191

Appointment of receiver for a national bank

Short

§ 192

Default in payment of circulating notes

Short

§ 193

Notice to present claims

Very short

§ 194

Dividends on adjusted claims; distribution of assets

Short

§ 196

Expenses

Very short

§ 197

Shareholders’ meeting; continuance of receivership; appointment of agent; winding up business; distribution of assets

Long

§ 197a

Resumption of business by closed bank on consent of depositors

Short

§ 198

Purchase by receiver of property of bank; request to Comptroller

Short

§ 199

Approval of request

Short

§ 200

Payment

Short

§ 201

Short title

Very short

§ 202

Definitions

Short

§ 203

Appointment of conservator

Medium

§ 204

Examinations

Very short

§ 205

Termination of conservatorship

Medium

§ 206

Conservator; powers and duties

Short

§ 209

Liability protection

Short

§ 21

Formation of national banking associations; incorporators; articles of association

Short

§ 210

Governmental powers unimpaired

Very short

§ 211

Rules and regulations

Short

§ 212

Right to amend; separability

Very short

§ 214

Definitions

Short

§ 214a

Procedure for conversion, merger, or consolidation; vote of stockholders

Medium

§ 214b

Continuation of business and corporate entity

Short

§ 214c

Conversions in contravention of State law

Short

§ 214d

Prohibition on conversion

Very short

§ 215

Consolidation of banks within same State

Long

§ 215a

Merger of national banks or State banks into national banks

Long

§ 215a–1

Interstate consolidations and mergers

Short

§ 215a–2

Expedited procedures for certain reorganizations

Medium

§ 215a–3

Mergers and consolidations with subsidiaries and nonbank affiliates

Very short

§ 215b

Definitions

Short

§ 215c

Mergers, consolidations, and other acquisitions authorized

Short

§ 216

Purpose

Short

§ 216a

Definitions

Short

§ 216b

Disposition of unclaimed property

Long

§ 216c

Rules and regulations

Very short

§ 216d

Severability

Very short

§ 21a

Amendment of articles of association

Short

§ 22

Organization certificate

Short

§ 23

Acknowledgment and filing of certificate

Very short

§ 24

Corporate powers of associations

Very long

§ 24a

Financial subsidiaries of national banks

Very long

§ 25a

Participation by national banks in lotteries and related activities

Medium

§ 25b

State law preemption standards for national banks and subsidiaries clarified

Long

§ 26

Comptroller to determine if association can commence business

Short

§ 27

Certificate of authority to commence banking

Medium

§ 29

Power to hold real property

Medium

§ 30

Change of name or location

Short

§ 31

Rights and liabilities as affected by change of name

Very short

§ 32

Liabilities and suits as affected by change of name or location

Very short

§ 35

Organization of State banks as national banking associations

Medium

§ 36

Repealed

Branch banks

Long

§ 37

Associations governed by chapter

Very short

§ 38

The National Bank Act

Very short

§ 39

Reservation of rights of associations organized under Act of 1863

Short

§ 40

Virgin Islands; extension of National Bank Act

Very short

§ 41

Guam; extension of National Bank Act

Very short

§ 42

Territorial application

Very short

§ 43

Interpretations concerning preemption of certain State laws

Medium

§ 51a

Preferred stock; issuance authorized

Short

§ 51b

Dividends, voting, and retirement of preferred stock; individual liability

Short

§ 51b–1

Consideration of preferred stock in determining impairment of capital; dividends; retirement

Medium

§ 51c

“Common stock”, “capital”, and “capital stock” defined

Short

§ 52

Par value and incidents of stock; transfer of shares

Medium

§ 53

When capital stock paid in

Very short

§ 55

Enforcing payment of deficiency in capital stock; assessments; liquidation; receivership

Short

§ 56

Prohibition on withdrawal of capital; unearned dividends

Short

§ 57

Increase of capital by provision in articles of association

Short

§ 59

Reduction of capital

Short

§ 60

National bank dividends

Short

§ 61

Shareholders’ voting rights; cumulative and distributive voting; preferred stock; trust shares; proxies, liability restrictions; percentage requirement exclusion of trust shares

Short

§ 62

List of shareholders

Short

§ 64a

Individual liability of shareholders; limitation on liability

Short

§ 66

Personal liability of representatives of stockholders

Very short

§ 67

Individual liability of shareholders; compromises; authority of receiver

Very short

§ 71

Election

Short

§ 71a

Number of directors; penalties

Short

§ 72

Qualifications

Short

§ 73

Oath

Short

§ 74

Vacancies

Very short

§ 75

Legal holiday, annual meeting on; proceedings where no election held on proper day

Short

§ 76

President of bank as member of board; chairman of board

Very short

§ 81

Place of business

Very short

§ 83

Loans by bank on its own stock

Very short

§ 84

Lending limits

Long

§ 85

Rate of interest on loans, discounts and purchases

Short

§ 86

Usurious interest; penalty for taking; limitations

Short

§ 90

Depositaries of public moneys and financial agents of Government

Medium

§ 91

Transfers by bank and other acts in contemplation of insolvency

Short

§ 92

Acting as insurance agent or broker

Short

§ 92a

Trust powers

Long

§ 93

Violation of provisions of chapter

Long

§ 93a

Authority to prescribe rules and regulations

Very short

§ 94

Venue of suits

Short

§ 95

Emergency limitations and restrictions on business of members of Federal Reserve System; designation of legal holiday for national banking associations; exceptions; “State” defined

Medium