Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a company does not engage in the trust business or in any other business in a manner requiring a charter or license under this chapter or in an unauthorized trust activity by:
(1) Acting in a manner authorized by law and in the scope of authority as an agent of a trust institution with respect to an activity which is not an unauthorized trust activity;
(2) Rendering a service customarily performed as an attorney or law firm in a manner approved and authorized by the Supreme Court or the laws of this state;
(3) Acting as trustee under a deed of trust delivered only as security for the payment of money or for the performance of another act;
(4) Receiving and distributing rents and proceeds of sale as a licensed real estate broker on behalf of a principal in a manner authorized by the Real Estate License Law, § 17-42-101 et seq.;
(5) Engaging in a securities transaction or providing an investment advisory service as a licensed and registered broker-dealer, investment advisor or registered representative thereof, provided the activity is regulated by the State Securities Department or the United States Securities and Exchange Commission;
(6) Engaging in the sale and administration of an insurance product by an insurance company or agent licensed by the State Insurance Department to the extent that the activity is regulated by the State Insurance Department;
(7) Engaging in the lawful sale of prepaid funeral benefits under a permit issued by the State Insurance Department under the Arkansas Prepaid Funeral Benefits Law, § 23-40-101 et seq., or engaging in the lawful business of maintaining a perpetual care cemetery trust pursuant to § 20-17-904 or a permanent maintenance fund for perpetually maintained cemeteries under the Cemetery Act for Perpetually Maintained Cemeteries, § 20-17-1001 et seq.;
(8) Acting as trustee under a voting trust as provided by § 4-26-706 or § 4-27-730;
(9) Engaging in other activities expressly excluded from the application of this chapter by rules issued by the Bank Commissioner;
(10) Rendering services customarily performed by a public accountant or a certified public accountant in a manner authorized by the Arkansas State Board of Public Accountancy;
(11) Provided the company is a trust institution and is not barred by order of the commissioner from engaging in a trust business in this state pursuant to § 23-51-182(b):
(A) Marketing or soliciting in this state through the mails, telephone, any electronic means or in person with respect to acting or proposing to act as a fiduciary outside of this state;
(B) Delivering money or other intangible assets and receiving the same from a client or other person in this state; or
(C) Accepting or executing outside of this state a trust of any client or otherwise acting as a fiduciary outside of this state for any client; or
(12) If the company is a foundation, serving as a fiduciary.
Structure Arkansas Code
Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries
Subtitle 2 - Financial Institutions And Securities
Chapter 51 - Arkansas Trust Institutions Act
§ 23-51-102. Certain definitions
§ 23-51-104. Organization and powers of state trust company
§ 23-51-105. Articles of association of state trust company
§ 23-51-106. Application for state trust company charter
§ 23-51-107. Notice and investigation of charter application
§ 23-51-108. Hearing and decision on charter application
§ 23-51-109. Issuance of charter
§ 23-51-111. Application of laws relating to general business corporations
§ 23-51-112. Commissioner hearings — Appeals
§ 23-51-113. Trust companies chartered under prior law
§ 23-51-114. Amendment of state trust company articles of association
§ 23-51-115. Establishing a series of shares
§ 23-51-116. Change in outstanding capital and surplus
§ 23-51-117. Capital notes or debentures
§ 23-51-118. Private trust company
§ 23-51-119. Requirements for a private trust company
§ 23-51-120. Conversion to public trust company
§ 23-51-121. Investment in state trust company facilities — Definition
§ 23-51-122. Other real estate
§ 23-51-124. Transactions in state trust company shares
§ 23-51-127. Engaging in commerce prohibited
§ 23-51-129. Lease financing transactions
§ 23-51-131. Common investment funds
§ 23-51-134. Acquisition of control
§ 23-51-135. Application regarding acquisition of control
§ 23-51-136. Hearing and decision on acquisition of control
§ 23-51-137. Appeal from adverse decision
§ 23-51-138. Objection to other transfer
§ 23-51-139. Civil enforcement — Criminal penalties
§ 23-51-140. Voting securities held by state trust company
§ 23-51-142. Board of directors
§ 23-51-144. Certain criminal offenses
§ 23-51-145. Transactions with management and affiliates
§ 23-51-146. Fiduciary responsibility
§ 23-51-148. Bonding requirements
§ 23-51-149. Reports of apparent crime
§ 23-51-151. Merger application
§ 23-51-152. Approval of commissioner
§ 23-51-153. Rights of dissenters to mergers
§ 23-51-154. Authority to purchase assets of another trust institution
§ 23-51-156. Required vote of shareholders
§ 23-51-157. Corporate procedure
§ 23-51-158. Authority to liquidate — Publication
§ 23-51-159. Examination and reports
§ 23-51-160. Unclaimed property
§ 23-51-161. Sale or transfer of property
§ 23-51-162. When commissioner may take charge
§ 23-51-163. Directors may act
§ 23-51-164. Application of Arkansas Banking Code of 1997
§ 23-51-165. Companies authorized to act as fiduciaries
§ 23-51-166. Activities not requiring a charter, etc
§ 23-51-167. Trust business of state trust institution
§ 23-51-168. Trust business of out-of-state trust institution
§ 23-51-169. Name of trust institution
§ 23-51-171. Branches and offices of state trust institutions
§ 23-51-172. State trust company principal office
§ 23-51-174. Out-of-state offices
§ 23-51-175. Trust business at a branch or trust office
§ 23-51-176. Establishing an interstate trust office
§ 23-51-177. Acquiring an interstate trust office
§ 23-51-178. Requirement of notice
§ 23-51-179. Conditions for approval
§ 23-51-180. Additional trust offices
§ 23-51-181. Examinations — Periodic reports — Cooperative agreements — Assessment of fees
§ 23-51-183. Notice of subsequent merger, closing, etc
§ 23-51-184. Commissioner shall supervise and examine authorized trust institutions
§ 23-51-185. Examinations — Assessments
§ 23-51-186. Statements of condition and income
§ 23-51-187. Confidential records
§ 23-51-188. Administrative orders — Penalties for violation
§ 23-51-189. Notice and opportunity for hearing
§ 23-51-190. Subpoena power and examination under oath
§ 23-51-191. Removal of directors, officers, and employees
§ 23-51-192. Delegation and fiduciary responsibility
§ 23-51-194. Fee determination
§ 23-51-195. Disclosure of potential conflicts of interest
§ 23-51-196. Interests in trust institutions prohibited
§ 23-51-197. Designation of trustee