2014 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 6. Banks and Trust Companies
§6-809. Prohibited acts - Penalties - Injunctions.

6 OK Stat § 6-809 (2014) What's This?

A. Except as provided in Section 411 of this title, no bank, banker or bank official shall give preference to any depositor, borrower, or creditor by pledging the assets of the bank as collateral security. No bank, banker or bank official shall sell or transfer any of the assets of any insolvent bank in consideration of any deposit in such bank. Any officer, director or employee of any bank who violates any provision of this section shall be guilty of a felony and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), nor more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for not less than one (1) year, nor more than five (5) years, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

B. No attachment, injunction, execution or other recordation which constitutes a lien under the laws of this state upon the property of a bank created, organized or existing under or by virtue of the laws of this state, shall be issued against such a bank or its property before final judgment in any suit, action or proceeding in any federal, state, county or municipal court. As used in this subsection, “final judgment” shall mean a judgment on the merits from which no appeal can be taken or the time in which to file an appeal has elapsed and not merely a judgment rendered.

C. The Board shall have the authority, pursuant to Section 203 of this title, to order or seek injunction over any person, as defined in Section 103 of this title, to cease and desist violating any of the provisions of this section.

Added by Laws 1965, c. 161, § 809. Amended by Laws 1968, c. 93, § 9, emerg. eff. April 1, 1968; Laws 1993, c. 183, § 12, eff. July 1, 1993; Laws 1997, c. 133, § 124, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 55, eff. July 1, 1999.

NOTE: Laws 1997, c. 111, § 75 repealed by Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 452, eff. July 1, 1999.

NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 124 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.

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