The superintendent shall ascertain whether the character and general fitness of the persons named as proposed incorporators, proposed stockholders and proposed executive officers in the affidavit and in the proposed certificate of incorporation are such as to command the confidence of the community in which such bank is proposed to be located, and the superintendent shall make this inquiry and determination, regardless of whether or not objections to the incorporation are filed with him. The superintendent shall investigate the convenience and need for a bank in the community where the same is proposed to be located and shall also ascertain if there is sufficient business in said community to support said bank.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 5 - Banks and Financial Institutions.
Chapter 5A - Organization and Operation of Banks.
Section 5-5A-1 - Procedure for Incorporation - Application for Permit.
Section 5-5A-2 - Procedure for Incorporation - Notice of Intention to Incorporate.
Section 5-5A-9 - Procedure for Incorporation - Judicial Review.
Section 5-5A-10 - Permit to Transact Business - Required.
Section 5-5A-11 - Permit to Transact Business - Examination; Issuance and Recordation of Permit.
Section 5-5A-12 - Membership in Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Etc.
Section 5-5A-13 - Filing Fee; Other Fees.
Section 5-5A-14 - Capital - Minimum Amount Required for Incorporation of Bank.
Section 5-5A-15 - Capital - Increase or Decrease.
Section 5-5A-16 - Issuance of Capital Notes and Debentures.
Section 5-5A-18 - Powers of Banks Generally.
Section 5-5A-20 - Branch Banks; Commercial Affiliates.
Section 5-5A-21 - Surplus; Restriction on Dividends.
Section 5-5A-22 - Limits of Indebtedness.
Section 5-5A-23 - Investments and Loans With Respect to Housing.
Section 5-5A-28 - Pledge of Assets.
Section 5-5A-29 - Security Not Required When Deposits Insured.
Section 5-5A-31 - Liability for Transactions on Legal Holidays.
Section 5-5A-32 - Closing of Banks, etc., Permitted on One Business Day of Each Week.
Section 5-5A-33 - Bank to Pay Checks Drawn on It at Par.
Section 5-5A-36 - Notice Upon Maturity of Certificate of Deposit Issued for More Than 90 Days.
Section 5-5A-37 - Rights of Minors.
Section 5-5A-40 - Disposition of Deposit in Trust for Another Upon Death of Trustee.
Section 5-5A-42 - Adverse Claims to Deposits.
Section 5-5A-43 - Disclosure of Customer Financial Records.
Section 5-5A-44 - Acquisition of Majority of Voting Shares of a Bank; Procedure.
Section 5-5A-45 - Initiation of Run on Banks, Etc.
Section 5-5A-46 - False, etc., Statements, etc., Affecting Financial Standing of Bank.
Section 5-5A-47 - Liability of Directors or Officers; Enforcement Powers of Superintendent.