1. Unless the Commissioner gives prior written approval, no person may:
(a) Acquire, directly or indirectly, a depository institution or holding company whose home state is Nevada;
(b) Vote the stock of a depository institution or holding company acquired in violation of paragraph (a);
(c) Acquire, directly or indirectly, the voting or nonvoting securities of a depository institution or a holding company whose home state is Nevada if the acquisition would result in that person’s obtaining more than 20 percent of the authorized voting securities of the institution or company if the nonvoting securities were converted into voting securities; or
(d) Merge or consolidate with a depository institution or a holding company whose home state is Nevada.
2. Any person who willfully violates any provision of this section or any regulation adopted by the Commissioner pursuant to this section is guilty of a misdemeanor. Each day during which the violation continues constitutes a separate offense.
3. The Commissioner may obtain injunctive relief to prevent any change in control or impending violation of this section.
(Added to NRS by 1985, 2150; A 1987, 1934; 1995, 1559)
Structure Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 666 - Major Organizational Changes; Bank Holding Companies; Interstate Banking
NRS 666.002 - "Acquire" defined.
NRS 666.003 - "Control" defined.
NRS 666.004 - "De novo branch" defined.
NRS 666.005 - "Holding company" defined.
NRS 666.006 - "Home state" defined.
NRS 666.007 - "Host state" defined.
NRS 666.008 - "Out-of-state" defined.
NRS 666.025 - Effect of consolidation of banks.
NRS 666.085 - Regulations; reports to determine compliance.
NRS 666.095 - Annual registration reports required of bank holding companies.
NRS 666.105 - Examinations of bank holding companies by Commissioner.
NRS 666.125 - Approval required before acquisition of bank; application; considerations.
NRS 666.135 - Approval of transfer of control required; grounds for disapproval.
NRS 666.155 - Failure to remove person pursuant to order conclusive evidence of negligence.
NRS 666.165 - Charges against company: Grounds; notice; hearing.
NRS 666.175 - Issuance of order to cease and desist; corrective action; effectiveness of order.
NRS 666.185 - Temporary orders: Grounds; issuance; effectiveness.
NRS 666.205 - Injunctions; civil penalty; divestiture by holding company in another state.
NRS 666.325 - Examination, supervision and regulation of interstate operations.
NRS 666.415 - Waiver of federal limits on concentration of deposits.
NRS 666.420 - Reports by out-of-state depository institution or holding company.