2016 US Code
Title 12 - Banks and Banking
Chapter 2 - National Banks
Subchapter II - Capital, Stock, and Stockholders
Sec. 53 - When capital stock paid in

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Citation 12 U.S.C. § 53 (2016)
Section Name §53. When capital stock paid in
Section Text

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

Source Credit

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

Editorial Notes 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.

Publication Title United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 4, Title 12 - BANKS AND BANKING
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 12 - BANKS AND BANKING
CHAPTER 2 - NATIONAL BANKS
SUBCHAPTER II - CAPITAL, STOCK, AND STOCKHOLDERS
Sec. 53 - When capital stock paid in
Contains section 53
Date 2016
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 6, 2017
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 13 Stat. 103
73 Stat. 457
Public Law References Public Law 86-230
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