Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 659 - Organization and Licensing of Banks
NRS 659.115 - Unlawful transaction of banking business without license; penalty.


1. No person, except a bank maintaining an office in this State and doing business under the laws of the United States, may solicit or accept deposits in this State or otherwise engage in the banking business in this State without first obtaining from the Commissioner, as provided in this section, a license authorizing it, as a banking corporation or company, to use the name and transact the business of a bank. The transacting of any banking business without such authority is a gross misdemeanor.
2. For the purposes of this section "solicits deposits" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 80.016.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 972; A 1983, 1728; 1987, 1904; 1989, 626; 1991, 372, 1317; 1995, 477)

Structure Nevada Revised Statutes

Nevada Revised Statutes

Chapter 659 - Organization and Licensing of Banks

NRS 659.015 - Requirements for organization by person, existing corporation or existing limited-liability company.

NRS 659.025 - Articles of incorporation or organization: Contents.

NRS 659.035 - Delivery of articles of incorporation or organization for filing; delivery of certificate of amendment of articles by existing corporation or limited-liability company for filing; restriction on filing.

NRS 659.045 - Examination and certification of proposed bank by Commissioner; payment and deposit of fees and expenses; regulations.

NRS 659.047 - Payment of assessment; cooperation with audits and examinations.

NRS 659.055 - Appeal from refusal to make certification.

NRS 659.065 - Filing of articles of incorporation or organization; filing of certificate of amendment of articles; effect of filing; admissibility of articles as evidence; limitation on validity.

NRS 659.075 - Payment of initial stockholders’ or members’ equity; sale of stock or solicitation of contributions to bank in process of organization.

NRS 659.085 - Filing of statement regarding directors, managers and officers and proof of federal deposit insurance.

NRS 659.095 - Examination of affairs of bank by Commissioner; issuance of certificate authorizing commencement of business.

NRS 659.105 - Restriction on transaction of business.

NRS 659.115 - Unlawful transaction of banking business without license; penalty.

NRS 659.125 - Unlawful use of words "bank," "banking" or "banker" in name; exceptions; penalty.