Sec. 2. (a) The department may take possession of the business and property of any financial institution except a creditor licensed to make supervised or regulated loans under IC 24-4.5, whenever it appears to the department that the financial institution:
(1) is insolvent or in imminent danger of insolvency;
(2) is in an unsafe or unsound condition;
(3) has refused to pay its deposits or obligations in accordance with the terms under which those deposits or obligations were incurred;
(4) has refused to submit its records and affairs for inspection or examination by the department or federal authorities;
(5) has violated any court order, statute, rule, or regulation of the department or its articles of incorporation and that continued control of its own affairs threatens injury to the public, the financial community, its depositors, or other creditors;
(6) requests through its board of directors that the department take possession for the benefit of depositors, other creditors, shareholders, or other persons;
(7) has an impairment of its capital (the capital of a bank or trust company shall, for the purpose of this subdivision, be considered to be unimpaired so long as the sound value of its assets over and above its liabilities, exclusive of liabilities for capital notes, debentures, and capital stock, as determined by the department, equals or exceeds the minimum capital or capital stock required by the department for a bank or trust company);
(8) has neglected or refused, for a period of thirty (30) days, to comply with the terms of a duly issued order of the department, essential to preserve the solvency of the financial institution;
(9) has failed to pay the fees charged by the department under IC 28-11-3-5 after due notice of the amount of the fee has been given;
(10) has breached a fiduciary duty under IC 30-4-3-6; or
(11) has violated IC 30-4-3-7 in a way that has caused or may cause harm to fiduciary accounts.
(b) When the department makes a determination to take possession of the business and property of a financial institution under subsection (a), the department shall:
(1) make a finding to that effect and enter that finding on the records of the proceedings of the department; and
(2) cause a certified copy of the finding to be served on the president or other executive officer actively in charge of the financial institution and demand possession of the business, property, and records of the financial institution from the officer. The financial institution shall immediately surrender the possession to the department.
(c) The department or its receiver is not required to become the owner of any property to fulfill the liquidation requirements of this chapter.
As added by P.L.141-1984, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.33-1991, SEC.9; P.L.262-1995, SEC.4; P.L.176-2019, SEC.55.
Structure Indiana Code
Title 28. Financial Institutions
Article 1. Department of Financial Institutions
Chapter 3.1. Liquidation of Financial Institutions
28-1-3.1-3. Holding Business and Property Until Liquidation of Affairs
28-1-3.1-6. Receiver; Authority
28-1-3.1-7. Receiver's Authority to Sell Assets; Borrowing of Money for Deposit Liabilities
28-1-3.1-8. Claims; Presentation; Notice; Rejection
28-1-3.1-10.1. Payment of Claims; Order
28-1-3.1-11. Rejection of Executory Contracts and Leases
28-1-3.1-12. Federal Deposit Insurance; Payments of Deposit Liabilities; Subrogation
28-1-3.1-17. Articles of Dissolution; Execution; Presentation; Fee
28-1-3.1-18. Articles of Dissolution; Duties of Secretary of State
28-1-3.1-19. Articles of Dissolution; Filing With County Recorder