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...(A) To qualify as a director, each person elected or appointed to the board of directors shall, within sixty days after election or appointment, take and subscribe an oath to diligently and honestly perform the duties of a director and to not knowingly violate or permit to be violated any federal banking law or any provision of Chapters 1101. to 1127. of the Revised Code. (B) Promptly upon execution, and within sixt...

...Each officer and employee of a state bank, prior to the discharge of the officer's or employee's duties, shall be covered by an individual, schedule, or blanket fidelity bond in favor of the bank, with terms and issuing insurer approved by the board of directors. The amount of the bond shall be set by the board of directors, and shall be reasonable given the size of the bank and nature of its business. The board of d...

...For its own governance, the board of directors may adopt bylaws not inconsistent with the law of this state, the articles of incorporation, or the code of regulations. Without limiting their generality, the bylaws may include provisions with respect to: (A) The time and place of holding, the manner of and authority for calling, giving notice of, and conducting meetings of the board of directors; (B) The appointment...

...(A)(1) A state bank's board of directors shall meet monthly unless the bank's code of regulations provides for a different frequency of meetings, which shall not be less than quarterly. (2) Division (A)(1) of this section does not prohibit either of the following: (a) A state bank's board of directors meeting more frequently than required by division (A)(1) of this section or the bank's code of regulations; (b) Th...

...(A) Once elected or appointed, a director may be removed as follows: (1) By the board of directors or the superintendent of financial institutions if any of the following applies: (a) The director has filed for relief or is a debtor in a case filed under Title XI of the United States Code; (b) A court has determined the director is incompetent; (c) The director has been removed in accordance with federal law. (2...

...(A) A director, officer, employee, or other institution-affiliated party of a bank shall not be personally and individually liable for direct or indirect damages the bank, its shareholders or members, or any other person sustains in consequence of a violation of or failure to comply with any provision of Chapters 1101. to 1127. of the Revised Code or the rules adopted under those chapters, including any civil money p...

...No state bank shall operate without adequate capital as determined by the superintendent of financial institutions. In evaluating the adequacy of a state bank's capital, the superintendent may consider any of the following: (A) The nature and volume of the bank's business; (B) The amount, nature, quality, and liquidity of the bank's assets; (C) The amount and nature of the bank's liabilities, including those that ...

...(A) A state bank may issue debt securities at the times, in the amounts, and subject to the terms approved in writing by the superintendent of financial institutions. (B) In the case of a stock state bank, the terms of debt securities may include either of the following: (1) Options to subscribe to or purchase the bank's shares at not less than par value; (2) The right to convert the debt securities to the bank's ...

...All stock state bank shares shall have par value, whether they are common shares or preferred shares.

...(A) A stock state bank may, with the approval of the bank's board of directors, the holders of a majority of the bank's voting shares, and the superintendent of financial institutions, adopt and carry out plans for the offering or sale of, the grant of, or the grant of options on, the bank's shares to any or all employees, officers, or directors of the bank or any of the bank's subsidiaries or affiliates, or to other...

...(A) Unless otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation, the holders of any class of a stock state bank's shares, other than shares that are limited as to dividend rate and liquidation price, shall, upon the offering or sale for cash of shares of the same class, have the right, during a reasonable time and on reasonable terms fixed by the directors, to purchase the shares in proportion to their respective hold...

...With the prior written approval of the superintendent of financial institutions, a stock state bank may purchase its own shares in accordance with section 1701.35 of the Revised Code. (B) A stock state bank that acquires shares of its stock shall retire or dispose of the shares at the time and in the manner required by the superintendent.

...ution may only be funded from undivided profits or, subject to the approval of the superintendent of financial institutions, from a special reserve created from proceeds from the sale of bank stock. (B) A dividend or distribution may be funded, in whole or in part, from surplus with the approval of both of the following: (1) The holders of at least two-thirds of the outstanding shares of each class of the bank's st...

...(A) A state bank may use, exercise, and enjoy all of the powers, rights, and privileges of a corporation as set forth in section 1701.13 of the Revised Code, unless otherwise provided in its articles of incorporation and except as otherwise expressly limited by Chapters 1101. to 1127. of the Revised Code. The powers authorized under this division include the power to receive any property of any description, or any in...

... for national banks and federal savings associations, other than those dealing with interest rates, regardless of the date the corresponding parity rule adopted by the superintendent of financial institutions under section 1121.05 of the Revised Code takes effect. If a state bank intends to take any such action before the adoption of the corresponding parity rule, the bank shall provide the superintendent with prior ...

... elect to operate as a savings and loan association by filing a written notice of that election with the superintendent of financial institutions. (C) Upon filing an election notice, a state bank shall be considered a savings and loan association if both of the following conditions are met: (1) Its qualified thrift investments equal or exceed sixty-five per cent of its portfolio assets. (2) Its qualified thrift in...

...rticles of incorporation or articles of association is not permitted to solicit or accept deposits other than trust funds. Each bank whose deposit accounts are insured by the federal deposit insurance corporation shall maintain that insurance as a condition of doing business in this state. (B) Each bank doing business in this state shall comply with the reserve requirements of the "Federal Reserve Act of 1913," as a...

...(A) A bank may, in good faith, rely: (1) On any and all information, agreements, documents, and signatures provided by its customers as being true, accurate, complete, and authentic and representing what they purport to represent; and (2) That the persons signing have full capacity and complete authority to execute and deliver any and all such documents and agreements and to act in such capacity as may be represent...

...(A) A bank may receive money on deposit and may establish the terms and conditions of each deposit contract. A bank may receive demand deposits subject to withdrawal or to payment upon the depositor's check, order, or other authorization. (B) At the time of opening a deposit account, a bank shall provide the depositor a statement containing the existing terms and conditions of the deposit contract. The statement may...

...(A) Whenever a depositor opens or modifies the ownership of a deposit account by designating on the signature card the deposit is in trust for another, and no further notice of the existence and terms of a legal and valid trust is given in writing to the bank, both of the following apply: (1) The designation on the signature card constitutes clear and convincing evidence of both of the following: (a) The depositor-...

...(A) When a deposit is made in the name of two or more persons, payable to either or the survivor, the bank may pay all of the deposit, any part of the deposit, or any interest earned on the deposit, to either of the named persons, or the guardian of the estate of either of the named persons, whether or not the other person is living. The receipt or acquittance of the person paid is a sufficient release and discharge ...

...(A) A bank may provide safes, vaults, safe deposit boxes, night depositories, and other secure receptacles for the uses, purposes, and benefits of its customers, on the terms and conditions the bank prescribes. (B) A bank may, on the terms and conditions the bank prescribes, receive tangible property and evidence of tangible or intangible property for safekeeping using any of the following: (1) The bank's safes, va...

...(A) A bank may do any of the following: (1) Accept deposits made by or on behalf of any minor and open an account however payable in the name of one or more persons, one or more or all of whom are minors, or in the name of another person as trustee for a minor, whether or not the deposit is made or the account is opened by the minor; (2) Enter into an agreement to rent a safe deposit box to a minor; (3) Accept the...

...If any claim not clearly consistent with the terms of any applicable authority on file with a bank is made to any deposit, safe deposit box, property held in safekeeping, security, obligation, or other property in the bank's possession or control, in whole or in part, by any person, including any depositor, individual, or group of individuals, whether or not authorized to draw on or exercise any right or control with...

...All deposits of money, or its equivalent, made with a bank shall be entered on its books only in terms of money of the United States.