2015 US Code
Title 12 - Banks and Banking (Sections 1 - 5710)
Chapter 2 - National Banks (Sections 21 - 216d)
Subchapter II - Capital, Stock, and Stockholders (Sections 51 - 67)
Sec. 53 - When capital stock paid in

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 12 - BANKS AND BANKING
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 12 - BANKS AND BANKING
CHAPTER 2 - NATIONAL BANKS
SUBCHAPTER II - CAPITAL, STOCK, AND STOCKHOLDERS
Sec. 53 - When capital stock paid in
Containssection 53
Date2015
Laws In Effect As Of DateJanuary 3, 2016
Positive LawNo
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditR.S. §5140; Pub. L. 86-230, §4, Sept. 8, 1959, 73 Stat. 457.
Statutes at Large References13 Stat. 103
73 Stat. 457
Public and Private LawsPublic Law 86-230

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12 U.S.C. § 53 (2015)
§53. When capital stock paid in

All of the capital stock of every national banking association shall be paid in before it shall be authorized to commence business.

(R.S. §5140; Pub. L. 86–230, §4, Sept. 8, 1959, 73 Stat. 457.)

CODIFICATION

R.S. §5140 derived from act June 3, 1864, ch. 106, §14, 13 Stat. 103, which was the National Bank Act. See section 38 of this title.

AMENDMENTS

1959—Pub. L. 86–230 substituted requirement that all the capital stock of a national bank must be paid in before it commences business for permissive authority to be open for business upon payment of 50 per centum of the capital stock and installment payment of the remaining 50 per centum.

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