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2023 Code of Virginia › Title 6.2 - Financial Institutions and Services › Chapter 11 - Savings Institutions › § 6.2-1143. Conversion from state savings bank to state association; conversion from state association to state savings bank

A. A state savings bank may be converted into a state association by the amendment of its articles of incorporation in compliance with the procedure established by Title 13.1, provided that such conversion is approved in advance by the Commission. Prior to approving or disapproving a conversion, the Commission shall investigate the application to convert as if it were an application for a certificate of authority to begin a savings and loan association business, and approval shall not be granted unless the applicant meets the standards established by § 6.2-1118. The order granting a certificate of authority to do a savings and loan business shall designate the main office of the state savings bank as the main office of the resulting financial institution. The resulting financial institution shall be permitted to operate all branch offices of the state savings bank that could have been established de novo by such financial institution having its main office at such location or which were in operation for at least five years prior to the date of the order permitting conversion. Within one year of the date of a conversion, the resulting financial institution shall conform its assets and operations to the provisions of law regulating the operation of state associations. The Commission may grant such resulting financial institution additional one-year periods, not to exceed a total of four additional years, in which to conform its assets and operations as required by this section.
B. A state association may be converted into a state savings bank by the amendment of its articles of incorporation in compliance with the procedure established by Title 13.1, provided that such conversion is approved in advance by the Commission. Prior to approving or disapproving a conversion, the Commission shall investigate the application to convert as if it were an application for a certificate of authority to begin a savings bank, and approval shall not be granted unless the applicant meets the standards established by § 6.2-1118. Within one year of the date of the conversion, the resulting state savings bank shall conform its assets and operations to the provisions of law regulating the operation of state savings banks. The Commission may grant such resulting state savings bank additional one-year periods, not to exceed a total of four additional years, in which to conform its assets and operations to the provisions of law regulating the operation of state savings banks.
1991, c. 230, § 6.1-194.129; 2010, c. 794.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 6.2 - Financial Institutions and Services › Chapter 11 - Savings Institutions › § 6.2-1144. Conversion from stock savings institution to bank

A. A state stock association or state savings bank may be converted into a bank by the amendment of its articles of incorporation in compliance with the procedure established by Title 13.1, provided that such conversion is approved in advance by the Commission. Prior to approving or disapproving a conversion, the Commission shall investigate the application to convert as if it were an application for a certificate of authority to begin a banking business, and approval shall not be granted unless the applicant meets the standards established by § 6.2-816. The order granting a certificate of authority to do a banking business shall designate the main office of the savings institution as the main office of the resulting bank, and the resulting bank shall be permitted to operate all branch offices of the savings institution that could have been established de novo by a bank having its main office at such location or which were in operation for at least five years prior to the date of the order permitting conversion. Within one year of the date of a conversion, the resulting bank shall conform its assets and operations to the provisions of law regulating the operation of banks. The Commission may grant such resulting bank additional one-year periods, not to exceed a total of four additional years, in which to conform its assets and operations to the provisions of laws regulating the operation of banks.
B. A bank may be converted into a savings bank upon compliance with the procedure set forth in § 6.2-829, or into a stock association upon compliance with the procedure set forth in § 6.2-830.
1982, c. 224, § 6.1-195.57:2; 1985, c. 425, § 6.1-194.38; 1991, c. 230, § 6.1-194.129; 2010, c. 794.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 6.2 - Financial Institutions and Services › Chapter 11 - Savings Institutions › § 6.2-1145. Merger or consolidation of savings institutions

A. Two or more mutual savings institutions or two or more stock institutions may merge, subject to the approval of the Commission, when the Commission finds that the merger will be in the public interest and in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
B. Two or more state savings banks may consolidate or merge, subject to the approval of the Commission, when the Commission finds that the capital of the resulting institution will be sufficient to warrant successful operation, and that the merger or consolidation will be in the public interest and in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
C. The order approving the merger shall specify which office is to be the main office and which office or offices may be operated as branch offices.
Code 1950, § 6-201.42; 1960, c. 402; 1966, c. 584, § 6.1-172; 1972, c. 796, § 6.1-195.51; 1982, c. 211; 1985, c. 425, § 6.1-194.39; 1988, c. 3; 1991, c. 230, § 6.1-194.130; 2010, c. 794.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 6.2 - Financial Institutions and Services › Chapter 11 - Savings Institutions › § 6.2-1147. Acquisition of control of state stock institution requires Commission approval

No person, whether acting alone or in concert with others, shall acquire ownership or control of 25 percent or more of the voting shares of a state stock savings institution, or otherwise control the election of a majority of the directors of such institution, without the approval of the Commission. The Commission shall not approve the proposed acquisition unless the Commission determines that the proposed acquisition is in the public interest.
1985, c. 425, § 6.1-194.87; 1990, c. 3; 1991, c. 230, § 6.1-194.152; 1996, c. 16; 2010, c. 794.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 6.2 - Financial Institutions and Services › Chapter 11 - Savings Institutions › § 6.2-1149. Foreign savings institutions; certificate of authority

A. A foreign savings institution shall not transact a savings institution business in the Commonwealth unless it first receives from the Commission a certificate of authority to do so.
B. A foreign savings institution may apply to the Commission for a certificate of authority by paying the filing fee prescribed by the Commission and filing an application that shall include:
1. A copy of its articles of incorporation and bylaws, certified as a true copy by the public officer having custody of the original articles and bylaws;
2. Evidence satisfactory to the Commission that its accounts are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or other federal insurance agency satisfactory to the Commissioner; and
3. Such other information as the Commission may require.
C. The Commission shall issue a certificate of authority to the foreign savings institution when:
1. The Commissioner has examined the application of the institution and investigated and determined that the institution meets the requirements of § 6.2-1118;
2. The Commissioner has verified the financial status of the institution by conducting such examination of its assets and its records as the Commission shall deem appropriate for the purpose of ascertaining whether they meet the requirements of this chapter with regard to state associations;
3. The Commissioner is satisfied that the institution is in sound financial condition, and that it is conducting its business, and will conduct its business in the Commonwealth, in a manner consistent with the laws of the Commonwealth; and
4. The Commissioner is satisfied that the laws, regulations or administrative actions of the state or territory where the principal office of the applicant is located do not prohibit or unfairly impede a state association or state savings bank from transacting business in such state or territory.
D. In meeting the requirements set out in subdivisions C 1, C 2, and C 3, the Commissioner may rely on examinations, audits and other information provided by the federal and state supervisory authorities charged with the responsibility of regulating and supervising savings institutions in the state where the applicant's principal place of business is located. Prior to issuing a certificate of authority to the foreign savings institution, the Commission shall enter into cooperative agreements with the appropriate regulatory authorities for the periodic examination of the foreign savings institution. The Commission may accept reports of examination and other records from such authorities in lieu of conducting its own examinations.
1985, c. 425, § 6.1-194.41; 1986, cc. 500, 509; 1987, c. 289; 1990, c. 3; 1994, c. 353; 2010, c. 794.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 6.2 - Financial Institutions and Services › Chapter 11 - Savings Institutions › § 6.2-1150. When operation of foreign savings institution in the Commonwealth is prohibited

When the laws, regulations or administrative actions of another state prohibit or unfairly impede a state savings institution from transacting business in that state, then the savings institutions of that state are prohibited from transacting business in the Commonwealth.
1985, c. 425, § 6.1-194.42; 1994, c. 353; 2010, c. 794.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 6.2 - Financial Institutions and Services › Chapter 11 - Savings Institutions › § 6.2-1151. Applicability of Virginia Stock and Nonstock Corporation Acts

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a foreign savings institution conducting a savings institution business in the Commonwealth shall comply with the provisions of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act (§ 13.1-601 et seq.) and the Virginia Nonstock Corporation Act (§ 13.1-801 et seq.) governing the admission and transaction of business by foreign corporations in the Commonwealth.
1985, c. 425, § 6.1-194.43; 2010, c. 794.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 6.2 - Financial Institutions and Services › Chapter 11 - Savings Institutions › § 6.2-1152. Law applicable to contracts of foreign savings institutions

Any contract made by a foreign savings institution with a resident of the Commonwealth or a foreign corporation authorized to do business in the Commonwealth shall be construed according to the laws of the Commonwealth.
1985, c. 425, § 6.1-194.44; 2010, c. 794.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 6.2 - Financial Institutions and Services › Chapter 11 - Savings Institutions › § 6.2-1153. Examination and supervision of foreign savings institutions

A. Each foreign savings institution authorized to transact business in the Commonwealth shall furnish to the Commissioner a copy of all periodic reports of examinations of the institution conducted by all supervisory agencies that examine the institution to determine its financial soundness. Such reports shall include the examination reports of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or other federal examining agency. Such report copies shall be furnished to the Commissioner within 10 days after the institution receives the report and shall be in certified form or such other form as is acceptable to the Commissioner. In determining whether such institution is in sound financial condition, the Commissioner shall be entitled to rely solely on such examination reports.
B. The Commission shall enter into cooperative agreements with other supervisory authorities for purposes of determining the financial soundness of the foreign savings institutions doing business in the Commonwealth. The Commission may enter into joint actions with other supervisory authorities having concurrent jurisdiction over foreign savings institutions doing business in the Commonwealth or may take such actions independently to carry out its responsibilities under this chapter and assure compliance with the provisions of this chapter and other applicable financial institution laws of the Commonwealth.
1985, c. 425, § 6.1-194.45; 1990, c. 3; 2010, c. 794.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 6.2 - Financial Institutions and Services › Chapter 11 - Savings Institutions › § 6.2-1154. Revocation of certificate of authority of foreign savings institution

A. The Commission may revoke a certificate of authority of a foreign savings institution if:
1. The institution fails to conduct its business in the Commonwealth in a manner consistent with the laws of the Commonwealth;
2. The affairs of the institution are in an unsafe condition;
3. The institution refuses to comply with the orders of the Commission or refuses to comply with a request by the Commissioner to review the books and records of the institution; or
4. The institution fails to pay any fees or taxes imposed by the laws of the Commonwealth.
B. The Commission may also revoke the certificate of authority of a foreign savings institution at any time that the Commission determines that the state where the principal place of business of the foreign savings institution is located has enacted or amended its laws or regulations, or taken administrative action, so as to prohibit or unfairly impede a state association or state savings bank from transacting business in that state.
1985, c. 425, § 6.1-194.46; 1994, c. 353; 2010, c. 794.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 6.2 - Financial Institutions and Services › Chapter 11 - Savings Institutions › § 6.2-1155. Unapproved foreign savings institutions

The Commissioner is authorized to obtain an injunction or to take any other action necessary to prevent any foreign savings institution from doing any business of a savings institution in the Commonwealth without appropriate approval.
1985, c. 425, § 6.1-194.47; 2010, c. 794.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 6.2 - Financial Institutions and Services › Chapter 11 - Savings Institutions › § 6.2-1156. Activities that are not considered "doing business."

For the purposes of this chapter and any other law of the Commonwealth prohibiting, limiting, regulating, charging or taxing the doing of business in the Commonwealth by foreign savings institutions or foreign corporations of any type, any federal savings institution the principal place of business of which is located outside the Commonwealth, and any foreign savings institution that is subject to state or federal supervision, or both, that by law is subject to periodic examination by such supervisory authority and to a requirement of periodic audit, shall not be considered to be doing business or to have a tax situs or nexus in or with the Commonwealth by reason of engaging in any of the following activities:
1. The purchase, acquisition, inspection, appraisement, holding, sale, assignment, transfer, collecting, and enforcement of obligations or any interest therein secured by real estate mortgages, deeds of trust, or other similar instruments, covering real property located in the Commonwealth, or the foreclosure of such instruments, or the acquisition of title to such property by foreclosure, or otherwise, as a result of default under such instruments, or the holding, protection, rental, maintenance and operation of said property so acquired, or the disposition thereof; or
2. The advertising or solicitation of deposit accounts, or the making of any representations with respect thereto in the Commonwealth through the media of the mail, radio, television, magazines, newspapers, or any other media that are published or circulated within the Commonwealth, if (i) such advertising, solicitation or the making of such representations is accurately descriptive of fact and (ii) no such advertising, solicitation, or the making of such representations contains any reference to insurance or guarantee of accounts, unless the accounts of such institution are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or other insurer approved by the Commissioner.
1985, c. 425, § 6.1-194.48; 1990, c. 3; 2010, c. 794.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 6.2 - Financial Institutions and Services › Chapter 11 - Savings Institutions › § 6.2-1159. Investigation of application; prescribed investigation period; shortening, lengthening or waiving of period; hearing; appeals

A. For 90 days following receipt of a complete application under § 6.2-1157 or 6.2-1158, the Commission may conduct an investigation for the purpose of determining whether:
1. The proposed acquisition would be detrimental to the safety and soundness of the applicant or the Virginia savings institution or Virginia savings institution holding company that the applicant seeks to acquire or control;
2. The applicant, its directors and officers, if applicable, and any proposed new directors and officers, of the Virginia savings institution or Virginia savings institution holding company that the applicant seeks to acquire, are qualified by character, experience and financial responsibility to control and operate a Virginia savings institution or Virginia savings institution holding company;
3. The proposed acquisition would be prejudicial to the interests of the depositors, creditors, beneficiaries of fiduciary accounts or shareholders of the Virginia savings institution holding company or any Virginia savings institution that the applicant seeks to acquire or control; and
4. The acquisition is in the public interest.
B. The 90-day investigation period may be shortened or waived by the Commission, as it deems appropriate, if the Commission finds that it must act immediately in order to prevent the probable failure of a Virginia savings institution involved. The 90-day investigation period may be extended if the Commission determines that the applicant has not furnished all the information necessary to make the determination under § 6.2-1157 or 6.2-1158 or that the information submitted is substantially inaccurate or misleading.
C. Within the prescribed investigation period, or any extension thereof, and upon request of the applicant or the Virginia savings institution or Virginia savings institution holding company that the applicant seeks to acquire or control, or upon its own motion, the Commission may order a hearing concerning the proposed acquisition.
D. Within the prescribed investigation period, or any extension thereof, the Commission, by giving written notice of its decision and the reasons therefor to the applicant and to the Virginia savings institution or Virginia savings institution holding company that the applicant seeks to acquire or control, may: (i) approve the application, (ii) disapprove the application, or (iii) impose such conditions on the acquisition as the Commission may deem advisable to effect the purpose of this article.
1985, c. 425, § 6.1-194.99; 2010, c. 794.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 6.2 - Financial Institutions and Services › Chapter 11 - Savings Institutions › § 6.2-1160. Notice of intent to acquire out-of-state savings institution

A Virginia savings institution, a Virginia savings institution holding company, or an out-of-state savings institution holding company owning subsidiaries that conduct a savings institution business in the Commonwealth shall file with the Commission notice of its intention to acquire a financial institution outside Virginia, together with such information as the Commission may request. The Commission shall within 30 days or an extended period not exceeding 15 days, disapprove such acquisition if it determines that the acquisition could affect detrimentally the safety or soundness of a Virginia savings institution. The Commission may approve such acquisition prior to the expiration of the 30-day period if it determines that the acquisition will not affect detrimentally the safety or soundness of such Virginia savings institution.
1985, c. 425, § 6.1-194.105; 1994, c. 353; 2010, c. 794.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 6.2 - Financial Institutions and Services › Chapter 11 - Savings Institutions › § 6.2-1161. Applicable laws and regulations; enforcement by Commission

A. Any Virginia savings institution that is controlled by a savings institution holding company that is not a Virginia savings institution holding company shall be subject to all laws of the Commonwealth and all regulations under such laws that are applicable to Virginia savings institutions controlled by Virginia savings institution holding companies.
B. The Commission shall adopt such regulations, including the imposition of reasonable application and administration fees, as it finds necessary to implement the provisions of this article.
C. The Commission shall have the same powers to enforce the provisions of this article as those granted under Article 9 (§ 6.2-1191 et seq.) of this chapter.
1985, c. 425, §§ 6.1-194.102, 6.1-194.104; 2010, c. 794.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 6.2 - Financial Institutions and Services › Chapter 11 - Savings Institutions › § 6.2-1162. Periodic reports; interstate agreements

A. The Commission may examine any out-of-state savings institution holding company owning a Virginia savings institution and each of its Virginia or non-Virginia savings institution or nonsavings institution subsidiaries and shall require reports of each savings institution holding company subject to this chapter. Such reports shall be filed under oath with such frequency and in such scope and detail as may be appropriate for the purpose of assuring continuing compliance with the provisions of this chapter.
B. Prior to approving an acquisition under the provisions of this article, the Commission shall enter into cooperative agreements with the appropriate regulatory authorities for the periodic examination of any savings institution holding company that has a Virginia savings institution subsidiary or any subsidiary of such holding company and may accept reports of examination and other records from such authorities in lieu of conducting its own examinations. The Commission may enter into joint actions with other regulatory authorities having concurrent jurisdiction over any savings institution holding company that has a Virginia savings institution subsidiary or may take such actions independently to carry out its responsibilities under this chapter, assure the safety and soundness of any Virginia savings institution, and assure compliance with the provisions of this chapter and the applicable savings institution laws of the Commonwealth.
1985, c. 425, § 6.1-194.103; 1994, c. 353; 2010, c. 794.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 6.2 - Financial Institutions and Services › Chapter 11 - Savings Institutions › § 6.2-1163. Application of article to bank or bank holding company

For purposes of this chapter, any bank or bank holding company seeking to acquire a savings institution or savings institution holding company, shall be deemed to be a savings institution or savings institution holding company, as the case may be, for purposes of determining whether such bank or bank holding company is permitted to acquire the savings institution or savings institution holding company in question.
1987, c. 634, § 6.1-194.107; 2010, c. 794.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 6.2 - Financial Institutions and Services › Chapter 11 - Savings Institutions › § 6.2-1164. Acquisitions of state savings bank or holding companies by out-of-state financial institutions

A state savings bank, or holding company thereof, may not be acquired by a financial institution, or financial institution holding company, whose principal place of business is outside the Commonwealth, except in accordance with the provisions of this article.
1991, c. 230, § 6.1-194.132; 2010, c. 794.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 6.2 - Financial Institutions and Services › Chapter 11 - Savings Institutions › § 6.2-1165. Nonseverability

Notwithstanding the provisions of § 1-243, if any portion of this article pertaining to the terms and conditions for and limitations upon acquisition of Virginia savings institution holding companies and Virginia savings institutions by savings institutions and savings institution holding companies that do not have their principal place of business in the Commonwealth is determined to be invalid for any reason by a final nonappealable order of any appropriate Virginia or federal court, then §§ 6.2-1157 through 6.2-1164 shall be void and of no further effect from the effective date of such order. Any transaction that has been lawfully consummated pursuant to this article prior to a determination of invalidity shall be unaffected by such determination.
1985, c. 425, § 6.1-194.106; 1994, c. 353; 2010, c. 794.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 6.2 - Financial Institutions and Services › Chapter 11 - Savings Institutions › § 6.2-1166. Accounts of state savings institutions

Notwithstanding any restriction in its articles of incorporation limiting the number, kinds and classes of accounts that it may offer, a state savings institution may offer such accounts, including checking accounts, time deposit accounts, and savings accounts, as its board of directors may authorize from time to time. A state savings institution may pay interest on such accounts at such rates and under such terms and conditions as its board of directors may direct from time to time, subject to any restrictions and limitations imposed by state or federal law on the payment of interest.
1985, c. 425, § 6.1-194.49; 1991, c. 230, § 6.1-194.133; 2010, c. 794.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 6.2 - Financial Institutions and Services › Chapter 11 - Savings Institutions › § 6.2-1167. Rules governing withdrawal

A. The holder of a savings account in a savings institution shall have the right to withdraw all or any part of his account. A savings institution shall have the right to establish the rules governing the withdrawals and may from time to time fix the period of notice required to be given for withdrawal. In no event shall a savings institution delay or postpone the whole or partial payment of the value of any savings account pursuant to a written withdrawal application by a savings account holder for a period exceeding 30 days following the receipt of such application without first securing written permission from the Commissioner.
B. The holder of a federal tax and loan account or note account as defined in regulations of the U.S. Treasury Department or other federal agency shall have the right of immediate withdrawal of all or any part of such account. In no event shall a savings institution delay or postpone the whole or partial payment of such an account pursuant to a written application by the account holder.
Code 1950, § 6-201.21; 1960, c. 402; 1966, c. 584, § 6.1-148; 1972, c. 796, § 6.1-195.21; 1979, c. 76; 1985, c. 425, § 6.1-194.50; 1990, c. 3; 1991, c. 230, § 6.1-194.134; 2010, c. 794.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 6.2 - Financial Institutions and Services › Chapter 11 - Savings Institutions › § 6.2-1168. Redemption

At any time that funds are on hand for the purpose, a mutual savings institution shall have the right to redeem by lot or otherwise, as the board of directors may determine, all or any part of any of its savings accounts on an earnings date by giving 30 days' notice by certified mail addressed to each affected account holder at his last address as recorded on the books of the institution. No mutual savings institution shall redeem any of its savings accounts when its liabilities exceed its assets or when it has applications for withdrawal that have been on file more than 30 days and have not been reached for payment. The redemption price of savings accounts redeemed shall be the full value of the account redeemed, as determined by the board of directors, but in no event shall the redemption price be less than the withdrawal value. If the notice of redemption has been duly given, and if on or before the redemption date the funds necessary for such redemption have been set aside to be, and continue to be, available therefor, interest upon the accounts called for redemption shall cease to accrue from and after the date specified as the redemption date. All rights with respect to such accounts shall terminate upon the redemption date, other than any right of the account holder of record to receive the redemption price without interest. Accounts called for redemption, if unclaimed, shall be subject to the Virginia Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act (§ 55.1-2500 et seq.).
1985, c. 425, § 6.1-194.51; 2010, c. 794.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 6.2 - Financial Institutions and Services › Chapter 11 - Savings Institutions › § 6.2-1169. Accounts of savings institutions as legal investments and as security

Administrators, executors, custodians, conservators, guardians, trustees, and other fiduciaries, insurance companies, business and manufacturing companies, banks, trust companies, credit unions and other types of similar financial organizations, charitable, educational, and eleemosynary funds and organizations, and all agencies, localities, and other political subdivisions and governmental units of the Commonwealth are specifically authorized to invest funds held by them, without any order of any court, in accounts of savings institutions authorized to do business in the Commonwealth. Such investments shall be deemed and held to be legal investments for such funds. The provisions of this section are supplemental to any and all other laws relating to and declaring what shall be legal investments for the persons referred to in this section.
1972, c. 796, § 6.1-195.50; 1985, c. 425, § 6.1-194.52; 2010, c. 794.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 6.2 - Financial Institutions and Services › Chapter 11 - Savings Institutions › § 6.2-1170. Deposits of federal taxes and U.S. Treasury tax and loan accounts

Savings institutions may:
1. Serve as depositories for federal taxes and for U.S. Treasury tax and loan deposits;
2. Satisfy any requirements in connection therewith, including maintaining tax and loan accounts and note accounts, as defined by regulations of the U.S. Treasury Department or other federal agency;
3. Pledge collateral; and
4. Satisfy the requirements of the U.S. Treasury Department in connection with such deposits.
1979, c. 77, § 6.1-195.22:2; 1985, c. 425, § 6.1-194.53; 1990, c. 3; 1991, c. 230, § 6.1-194.135; 2010, c. 794.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 6.2 - Financial Institutions and Services › Chapter 11 - Savings Institutions › § 6.2-1171. Accounts under federal Self-Employed Individuals Tax Retirement Act and federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (P.L. 93-406, 88 Stat. 829)

A. To the extent allowed by federal law, an insured savings institution may act as trustee or custodian under the federal Self-Employed Individuals Tax Retirement Act of 1962, as amended. Funds held as such trustee or custodian may be invested in accounts of the association to the extent that the trust, custodial or other plan does not prohibit such investment.
B. To the extent allowed by federal law, an insured savings institution may act as trustee or custodian of individual retirement accounts under the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (P.L. 93-406, 88 Stat. 829), as amended. Contributions may be accepted and interest thereon retained by such institution pursuant to forms provided by it and may be invested in accounts of the institution in accordance with the terms upon which such contributions were accepted.
1972, c. 796, § 6.1-195.49; 1975, c. 79, § 6.1-195.49:1; 1985, c. 425, § 6.1-194.54; 1986, c. 509; 2010, c. 794.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 6.2 - Financial Institutions and Services › Chapter 11 - Savings Institutions › § 6.2-1172. Accounts issued in name of minor

A savings institution may issue accounts to a minor as sole and absolute owner of the account. With respect to any such account, a savings institution may (i) receive deposits by or for the minor owner, (ii) pay withdrawals, (iii) accept pledges to the association, and (iv) act in any other manner with respect to such accounts on the order of the minor owner. Any payment or delivery of funds from such account to its owner, or payment of a check or other written order for withdrawal signed by its minor owner, shall be a valid and sufficient release and discharge of the institution for any payment or delivery so made. The parent or guardian of the minor owner shall not in his capacity as parent or guardian have the power to withdraw or transfer funds in any such account unless the minor has given written notice to the association to accept the signature of such parent or guardian.
Code 1950, § 6-201.23; 1960, c. 402; 1966, c. 584, § 6.1-150; 1972, c. 796, § 6.1-195.25; 1985, c. 425, § 6.1-194.55; 2010, c. 794.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 6.2 - Financial Institutions and Services › Chapter 11 - Savings Institutions › § 6.2-1173. Powers of attorney on accounts

Any savings institution may continue to recognize the authority of an attorney-in-fact authorized in writing to manage or to make withdrawals, either in whole or in part, from any account until it receives written notice or is on actual notice of the revocation of his authority. For the purposes of this section, written notice of death of the owner of the account shall constitute written notice of revocation of the authority of his attorney. Written notice of the adjudication of incapacity of an account owner shall constitute written notice of revocation of the authority of his attorney unless under the laws of the Commonwealth the authority of the attorney-in-fact survives such adjudication. Payment of the account in accordance with the provisions of this section shall constitute a full discharge and acquittance of the association as to such account.
1972, c. 796, § 6.1-195.27; 1985, c. 425, § 6.1-194.56; 1997, c. 801; 2010, c. 794.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 6.2 - Financial Institutions and Services › Chapter 11 - Savings Institutions › § 6.2-1174. Accounts of deceased or incompetent persons

A. A savings institution may pay funds held in the account of a deceased person or a person under disability to the personal representative, committee, conservator, guardian, or curator of such person upon proper proof of the appointment and qualification of such fiduciary. Any savings institution making such payment shall not thereafter be liable for the amount thereof to any person. The presentation of a duly certified letter or certificate of qualification as personal representative or other fiduciary shall be conclusive proof of the jurisdiction of the court issuing the same.
B. A savings institution that has not received written notice and is not on actual notice that an account owner is deceased or has been adjudicated incompetent may pay or deliver funds held in such person's account in accordance with the provisions of the account contract without liability to any person for the amounts so paid or delivered.
Code 1950, § 6-201.25; 1960, c. 402; 1966, c. 584, § 6.1-152; 1972, c. 796, § 6.1-195.28; 1985, c. 425, § 6.1-194.57; 2010, c. 794.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 6.2 - Financial Institutions and Services › Chapter 11 - Savings Institutions › § 6.2-1176. Accounts of fiduciaries

A savings institution may issue accounts in the name of any administrator, executor, custodian, conservator, guardian, trustee, or other fiduciary for a named beneficiary or beneficiaries. The payment of funds from any such account pursuant to a check or other written order of withdrawal signed by the fiduciary, the delivery of funds in such account to such fiduciary, or a receipt signed by any such fiduciary with regard to the payment of funds from such account, shall be a valid and sufficient release and discharge of the institution for the payment or delivery so made.
1985, c. 425, § 6.1-194.59; 2010, c. 794.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 6.2 - Financial Institutions and Services › Chapter 11 - Savings Institutions › § 6.2-1177. Savings institution need not inquire as to fiduciary funds deposited in fiduciary's personal account

If any fiduciary or agent makes a deposit in a savings institution to his personal credit of checks drawn by him upon an account in his own name as fiduciary, or of checks drawn by him upon an account in the name of his principal, if he is empowered to draw checks thereto, or of checks payable to his principal and endorsed by him as fiduciary, the institution receiving the deposit:
1. Shall not be required to inquire whether the fiduciary is committing thereby a breach of his obligation as fiduciary; and
2. Is authorized to pay the amount of the deposit or any part thereof upon the withdrawal by the fiduciary without being liable to the principal, unless the institution receives the deposit or pays the withdrawal with (i) actual knowledge that the fiduciary, in making such deposit or in making such withdrawal, is committing a breach of his obligation as fiduciary or (ii) knowledge of such facts that its action in receiving the deposit or paying the withdrawal amounts to bad faith.
1980, c. 329, § 6.1-195.27:1; 1985, c. 425, § 6.1-194.60; 2010, c. 794.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 6.2 - Financial Institutions and Services › Chapter 11 - Savings Institutions › § 6.2-1178. Accounts held by various trustees for same beneficiary

Whenever trust interests or accounts are created for the same beneficiary, and each interest or account is in the name of a separate and distinct trustee or combination of trustees, each trust interest or account shall constitute a separate, distinct, and valid trust entity for all purposes.
Code 1950, § 6-201.22:1; 1966, cc. 219, 584, § 6.1-149.1; 1972, c. 796, § 6.1-195.24; 1985, c. 425, § 6.1-194.61; 2010, c. 794.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 6.2 - Financial Institutions and Services › Chapter 11 - Savings Institutions › § 6.2-1179. Real estate loans; required investment

A. A state savings institution may originate, invest in, sell, purchase, service, participate, or otherwise deal in loans secured by a lien on real estate, subject to the requirements of this chapter. Such loans that are insured, guaranteed or made under a firm commitment to be sold, assigned or otherwise transferred to an agency or instrumentality of the federal government or to a corporation organized under the laws of the United States, including the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Federal National Mortgage Association, the Government National Mortgage Association or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, may be made in accordance with the requirements of such federal agencies, instrumentalities or corporations.
B. At least 60 percent of assets of a state savings institution shall be invested in real estate loans. For purposes of meeting this 60-percent requirement, a savings institution may include (i) loans secured by a lien on a manufactured building or buildings; (ii) the value of securities held by it that represent a beneficial interest, participation interest or other similar interest in loans secured by a lien on real estate including participation certificates issued by the Federal National Mortgage Association, Government National Mortgage Association or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation; and (iii) the value of liquid assets equal to the minimum liquid asset requirement for membership in a Federal Home Loan Bank.
C. A state savings institution may not purchase, participate in or acquire an interest in any real estate loan that it could not legally make, without the prior approval of the Commissioner.
1985, c. 425, § 6.1-194.62; 1990, c. 3; 2010, c. 794.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 6.2 - Financial Institutions and Services › Chapter 11 - Savings Institutions › § 6.2-1180. Appraisals; loan-to-value ratios

A. A savings institution may make a real estate loan only after a qualified person designated by the savings institution has submitted a signed appraisal of the security property, except that an insured or guaranteed loan may be made on the basis of a valuation of the security property furnished to the savings institution by the insuring or guaranteeing agency.
B. At the time of origination, a real estate loan may not exceed 100 percent of the appraised fair market value of the security property. During the term of the loan, the loan-to-value ratio may increase above the maximum permissible percentage if the increase results from an adjustment authorized by § 6.2-1182. In the case of a home loan secured by borrower-occupied property, the loan balance may not exceed 125 percent of the original appraised value of the property during the term of the loan, unless the loan contract provides that the payment shall be adjusted at least once every five years, beginning no later than the 10th year of the loan, to a level sufficient to amortize the loan at the then-existing interest rate and loan balance for the remaining term of the loan. The 125 percent limitation shall not apply to that portion of a loan balance that is interest received in the form of a percentage of the appreciation in value of the security property.
1985, c. 425, § 6.1-194.63; 1991, c. 230, § 6.1-194.151; 2010, c. 794.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 6.2 - Financial Institutions and Services › Chapter 11 - Savings Institutions › § 6.2-1181. Initial repayments on real estate loans

Repayments on real estate loans shall begin not later than 60 days after the loan proceeds are disbursed. If such loan is for construction, substantial alteration, repair, or improvement of the real estate securing the loan, repayments may begin not later than 60 months after the date of the first loan disbursement, and interest shall be payable at least semiannually until regular periodic payments begin. In the case of a home loan where the loan proceeds are to be used for construction, substantial alteration, repair, or improvement of the security property, repayments must begin not later than 36 months after the date of the first disbursement, with interest payable at least semiannually until regular periodic payments begin.
1985, c. 425, § 6.1-194.64; 1991, c. 230, § 6.1-194.151; 2010, c. 794.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 6.2 - Financial Institutions and Services › Chapter 11 - Savings Institutions › § 6.2-1182. Adjustable real estate loans

A state savings institution may adjust the interest rate, payment, balance, or term to maturity on any real estate loan as authorized by the loan contract, and may receive a portion of the consideration for making a real estate loan in the form of a percentage of the amount by which the current market value of the property, during the loan term or at maturity, exceeds the original appraised value.
1985, c. 425, § 6.1-194.65; 1991, c. 230, § 6.1-194.151; 2010, c. 794.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 6.2 - Financial Institutions and Services › Chapter 11 - Savings Institutions › § 6.2-1183. Special provisions for home loans

The loan term of a home loan shall not exceed 40 years, with interest payable at least semiannually, except as expressly authorized elsewhere in this chapter. Payments on the loan balance, for other than nonamortized and line-of-credit loans, shall be made in at least semiannual installments, except that loans made on the security of farm residences and combinations of farm residences and commercial farm real estate may be repayable in annual installments. The loan may be fully amortized, partially amortized, nonamortized, or a line-of-credit loan. The loan contract may provide for the deferral of principal and capitalization of a portion of interest, or of all interest on loans to natural persons secured by borrower-occupied property and on which periodic advances are being made.
1985, c. 425, § 6.1-194.66; 1991, c. 230, § 6.1-194.151; 2010, c. 794.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 6.2 - Financial Institutions and Services › Chapter 11 - Savings Institutions › § 6.2-1184. Dealing with successors in interest

In the case of any investment made by a savings institution in a real estate loan, if (i) the ownership of the real estate security or any part thereof becomes vested in a person other than the party originally executing the security instruments and (ii) there is not an agreement in writing to the contrary, a savings institution may, without notice to such party, deal with such successor in interest with reference to that mortgage and the debt thereby secured in the same manner as with such party. The savings institution may forbear to sue or may extend time for payment, or otherwise modify the terms, of the debt secured thereby without discharging or in any way affecting the original liability of such party or parties thereunder or upon the debt thereby secured.
1985, c. 425, § 6.1-194.67; 2010, c. 794.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 6.2 - Financial Institutions and Services › Chapter 11 - Savings Institutions › § 6.2-1185. Trustees on loans secured by deed of trust

Any savings institution in connection with making loans secured by deed of trust is empowered to elect a trustee, which may be a service corporation, at such times and for such terms as may be prescribed by its charter or bylaws. All the rights, titles, duties, and obligations of such a trustee relating to loans secured by deed of trust shall pass by operation of law to his successor in office. Every right of the savings institution required to be exercised by or through such trustee, whether it is the sale of property or some other act, shall be done, enforced and carried out by the trustee in office at the time when such rights are exercised by or for the savings institution. All sales or conveyances heretofore or hereafter made by a trustee appointed in the manner designated in this section shall be as valid and binding as though the sale or conveyance had been made by the trustee named in the deed of trust. A majority of the trustees in office are empowered to conduct sales and make conveyances in pursuance thereof with the same force and effect as though all the trustees had acted; and when there are two trustees either one may act.
1985, c. 425, § 6.1-194.68; 2010, c. 794.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 6.2 - Financial Institutions and Services › Chapter 11 - Savings Institutions › § 6.2-1187. Investment authority of state savings banks

Notwithstanding any provision of § 6.2-1186 to the contrary:
1. A state savings bank shall not invest in an office building or buildings and appurtenances for the transaction of its business, or for the transaction of such business and for rental, without the prior approval of the Commissioner if the total amount of the investment exceeds the aggregate amount of the savings bank's unimpaired capital fund;
2. A service corporation described in subdivision A 2 of § 6.2-1186 in which a savings bank invests shall be subject to state and local taxation in the same manner as are savings banks;
3. The assets of a state savings bank may be invested in stock or obligations of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation;
4. The assets of a state savings bank may be invested in commercial paper eligible for purchase by Federal Reserve Banks;
5. A state savings bank shall not invest more than 20 percent of its assets in loans the primary security for which is nonresidential real estate; and
6. A state savings bank shall conform to the loans-to-one-borrower limitations contained in § 6.2-875.
1991, c. 230, § 6.1-194.136; 1994, c. 330; 2003, c. 353; 2010, c. 794.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 6.2 - Financial Institutions and Services › Chapter 11 - Savings Institutions › § 6.2-1188. Effect of repeal or amendment of statute or regulation on existing loan or investment

Any investment or loan that was in compliance with the provisions of this chapter or a regulation of the Commission in existence when such investment or loan was made shall remain a legal investment or loan even though the power to make such investment or loan in the future is amended or revoked by regulation or by action of the General Assembly.
1985, c. 425, § 6.1-194.70; 1991, c. 230, § 6.1-194.137; 2010, c. 794.