One (1) or more Arkansas banks, provided no such Arkansas bank has a de novo charter, may enter into an interstate merger transaction with one (1) or more out-of-state banks under this subchapter in which the out-of-state bank is the resulting bank, and the out-of-state bank may thereafter maintain and operate the branches in Arkansas of any Arkansas bank that was a party to the interstate merger transaction, provided that the conditions and filing requirements of § 23-48-1001 et seq. are met.
Structure Arkansas Code
Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries
Subtitle 2 - Financial Institutions And Securities
Chapter 48 - Organization and Operation
Subchapter 9 - Interstate Bank Mergers and Branching
§ 23-48-902. Authority of state banks to establish interstate branches by merger
§ 23-48-903. Interstate merger transactions and branching permitted
§ 23-48-905. Notice and filing requirements
§ 23-48-906. Powers — Additional branches
§ 23-48-907. Examinations — Periodic reports — Cooperative agreements — Fees