1. Any bank organized under the laws of this State that has a stockholders’ or members’ equity of $1,000,000 or more may file an application with the Commissioner for permission to establish, upon conditions and under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Commissioner, branches in foreign countries or dependencies or singular possessions of the United States for the furtherance of the foreign commerce of the United States and to act, if required to do so, as fiscal agents of the United States.
2. The application must specify:
(a) The name and stockholders’ or members’ equity of the bank filing it.
(b) The powers applied for.
(c) The place or places where the banking operations are to be carried on.
3. The Commissioner may:
(a) Approve or reject the application in whole or in part if for any reason the granting of the application is deemed inexpedient.
(b) From time to time increase or decrease the number of places where the banking operations may be carried on.
4. Every bank operating foreign branches must be required to furnish information concerning the condition of those branches to the Commissioner upon demand, and the Commissioner may order special examinations of such branches at such time or times as the Commissioner may deem best.
5. Each bank shall conduct the accounts of each foreign branch independently of the accounts of other foreign branches established by it and of its home office and shall, at the end of each year, transfer to its general ledger the profit or loss accrued at each branch as a separate item.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 973; A 1983, 1730; 1987, 1905; 1997, 979)
Structure Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 660 - Branch Offices; Electronic Terminals; Automated Tellers
NRS 660.015 - Location; establishment; discontinuance; review of Commissioner’s action.
NRS 660.025 - Service centers: Definition; establishment.
NRS 660.050 - Authority to operate; terminal is not branch office.
NRS 660.052 - Fee for and record of transaction.
NRS 660.055 - Offices for mechanical tellers: Contents.
NRS 660.085 - Discontinuance of office for mechanical teller.
NRS 660.095 - Sharing of mechanical tellers and other electronic terminals.
NRS 660.105 - Construction of provisions relating to electronic transfer of money.
NRS 660.125 - "Area of access" defined.
NRS 660.135 - "Automated teller" defined.
NRS 660.145 - "Control" defined.
NRS 660.155 - "Customer" defined.
NRS 660.165 - "Defined parking area" defined.
NRS 660.175 - "Device for access" defined.
NRS 660.185 - "Operator" defined.
NRS 660.205 - Requirements for illumination.
NRS 660.215 - Notice of basic precautions: Requirements; issuance to customers; sufficiency.