2021 North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 53 - Regulation of Financial Services
Article 24 - Trust Companies and Interstate Trust Business.
§ 53-346 - Lending and lease financing; conversion to State bank.
53-346. Lending and lease financing; conversion to State bank.
(a) Except as may be appropriate for extensions of credit in connection with trust or other account relationships, and as provided in and subject to the provisions of Article 5 of Chapter 36A of the General Statutes and other provisions of applicable law, a State trust company shall not engage in a loan business or in lease financing transactions as the party extending credit.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Chapter, a State trust company may, with the approval of the Commissioner, convert to a State bank by following the procedures and requirements set forth in Article 2 of this Chapter, subject to any modifications to those procedures and requirements that are necessary and appropriate for the conversion of a State trust company. The Commissioner may make modifications to procedures or requirements of Article 2 of this Chapter by rule, order or declaratory ruling.
(2001-263, s. 1.)
