The officers and directors of a state banking institution shall not pay out, disburse or withdraw, or permit to be paid out, disbursed or withdrawn, in any manner whatever, any part of the capital of the corporation except in case of merger or consolidation, as hereinafter provided. Whenever, from any cause, the capital of such banking institution shall become impaired it shall be the duty of the officers and directors of such institution, forthwith, to cause any such impairment to be made good, by assessing the amount of the deficiency pro rata on the shares of the capital stock outstanding, which assessments shall be paid within thirty days after notice thereof. If any stockholder shall neglect or refuse to pay the assessment on his shares after thirty days' notice, it shall be the duty of the board of directors to cause a sufficient number of his shares of stock to be sold for cash, at public sale at the banking room of the banking institution.
Notice of such sale shall be published as a Class II legal advertisement in compliance with the provisions of article three, chapter fifty-nine of this code, and the publication area for such publication shall be the county in which the banking institution is located. The first publication shall be made at least ten days before the date of such sale.
Any surplus from the sale of any share shall be paid to the defaulting stockholder.
A sale of stock as provided in this section shall effect an absolute cancellation of the outstanding certificate, or certificates, evidencing the stock so sold, and shall make such certificate null and void, and a new certificate shall be issued by the bank to the purchaser of such stock.
Structure West Virginia Code
Chapter 31A. Banks and Banking
Article 4. Banking Institutions and Services Generally
§31A-4-2. Use of Terms; Unlawfully Engaging in Banking Business; Penalties; Enforcement
§31A-4-3. Minimum Capital Stock; Classes of Stock; Par Value; Capitalization of Surplus
§31A-4-5. Requirements and Procedure for Incorporation of State Banks
§31A-4-6. Examination and Investigation of Proposed Bank by Board
§31A-4-8. Directors, Their Qualifications and Oaths
§31A-4-9. Fidelity Bonds and Insurance
§31A-4-10. List of Stockholders
§31A-4-10a. Stockholder Inspection of Books and Records
§31A-4-11. Liability of Stockholders
§31A-4-12. Impairment of Capital Forbidden; Remedies; Assessments; Sale of Stock
§31A-4-13. Powers of State Banking Institutions Generally
§31A-4-14. Trust Powers of Banking Institutions
§31A-4-14b. Delegation and Fiduciary Responsibility
§31A-4-16. Trust Funds to Be Kept Separate; Bookkeeping and Management
§31A-4-18. Capital as Fiduciary Security; Additional Security
§31A-4-18a. Short-Term Investments When Acting as a Fiduciary
§31A-4-21. Federal Deposit Insurance; Membership in Federal Reserve System
§31A-4-22. Reserves Required of Banking Institutions; Reports; Penalties
§31A-4-23. Borrowing by Banking Institutions; Records Thereof; Penalties
§31A-4-24. Capital Notes and Debentures; Retirement; Not Subject to Assessment
§31A-4-25. Dividends; Limitations; Penal Provisions
§31A-4-27. Loans Eligible for Federal Insurance or Guaranty
§31A-4-29. Application of Other Laws to Loans and Investments Under §§31a-4-27 and 31a-4-28
§31A-4-30. Charges and Interest Allowed in Certain Cases; Negotiability of Installment Notes
§31A-4-30a. Alternative Maximum Interest Rate on Loans by Banks Chartered Under State Law
§31A-4-32. Adverse Claims to Deposits and Property Held in Safe Deposit
§31A-4-34. Payment of Deposits to Minors
§31A-4-36. Statement of Account to Customers; Duties of Customers; Limitations
§31A-4-37. Sale of Machine Operations and Services
§31A-4-38. Direct Leasing of Personal Property
§31A-4-39. Transactions on Legal Holidays and Sundays
§31A-4-43. Negotiable Order of Withdrawal Accounts Allowed