West Virginia Code
Article 4. Banking Institutions and Services Generally
§31A-4-7. Time for Completion of Investigation; Notice and Hearing; Approval or Disapproval of Application for Incorporation; Completion of Corporate Organization

The board shall complete its examination and investigation within ninety days from and after the date on which the agreement of incorporation is filed with it, unless it requests in writing additional information and disclosures concerning the proposed banking institution from the incorporators, in which event the period of ninety days shall be extended for an additional period of thirty days.
Upon completion of such examination, the board shall forthwith make and proceed to give notice, hold a hearing and enter an order approving or disapproving the application in the manner provided in section three, article three of this chapter. Such order shall be accompanied by findings of fact and conclusions of law on which such approval or disapproval is based. If no judicial review of such order is sought in the time provided therefor and (1) such order disapproves the application, the agreement of incorporation, the corporation chartering fees, and any other papers filed therewith shall thereupon be promptly returned to the attorney, agent or other responsible person representing the incorporators in the application or (2) if such order approves such application, the agreement of incorporation with a certified copy of the board's order and the accompanying corporation charter fees shall thereupon be transmitted to the Secretary of State for processing as in the case of any other corporate charter application. Upon issuance of the charter to a banking institution, the incorporators shall promptly comply with the provisions of section five of article two of this chapter, preliminary to the commissioner's issuance of a permit or license to engage in the business in this state, and shall likewise comply with other provisions of this chapter relating to completion of its corporate organization, and the corporation's readiness to commence business as a banking institution.

Structure West Virginia Code

West Virginia Code

Chapter 31A. Banks and Banking

Article 4. Banking Institutions and Services Generally

§31A-4-1. General Corporation Laws Applicable; Charter Applications to Be Approved by West Virginia Board of Banking and Financial Institutions

§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-4-4. Majority of Stock to Be Paid in Full Before Engaging in Business; Sale of Additional Stock; Organizational Expense Fund; Affidavit of Incorporators; Penalties; Stockholder Preemptive Rights

§31A-4-5. Requirements and Procedure for Incorporation of State Banks

§31A-4-6. Examination and Investigation of Proposed Bank by Board

§31A-4-7. Time for Completion of Investigation; Notice and Hearing; Approval or Disapproval of Application for Incorporation; Completion of Corporate Organization

§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-4-14a. Transfer of Fiduciary Accounts or Relationships Between Affiliated Subsidiary Banks of a Bank Holding Company or Affiliated Nonbanking Entities or Entities Jointly Owned by Federally Insured Depository Institutions

§31A-4-14b. Delegation and Fiduciary Responsibility

§31A-4-15. Required Annual Filings Before Exercising Trust Powers; Penalties; Notice of Failure to Comply

§31A-4-16. Trust Funds to Be Kept Separate; Bookkeeping and Management

§31A-4-17. Oath as Fiduciary

§31A-4-18. Capital as Fiduciary Security; Additional Security

§31A-4-18a. Short-Term Investments When Acting as a Fiduciary

§31A-4-19. Reports

§31A-4-20. Stockholders’ Annual Meeting; Financial Statement; Appointment, Duties and Report of Outside Auditing Firm

§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-4-26. Limitation on Loans and Extensions of Credit; Limitation on Investments; Loans to Executive Officers and Directors of Banks and Employees of the Banking Department; Exceptions; Valuation of Securities

§31A-4-27. Loans Eligible for Federal Insurance or Guaranty

§31A-4-28. Investments in Obligations Secured by Mortgages or Deeds of Trust Insured or Guaranteed by United States; Securities of Federal Agencies; Use of Such Obligations and Securities as Collateral, etc.

§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-4-31. Uniform and Continuing Depository Bonds Authorized; Review of Such Bonds; Correction of Inadequacy; Security for Federally Insured Deposits Not Required

§31A-4-32. Adverse Claims to Deposits and Property Held in Safe Deposit

§31A-4-33. Deposits in Trust; Deposits in More Than One Name; Limitation on Liability of Institutions Making Payments From Certain Accounts; Notice Requirements; Pledges or Garnishment of Joint Accounts; Financial Institutions Duties; Multiple-Fiduci...

§31A-4-33a. Establishment of Payable on Death Accounts; Rights of Account Owners; Change of Beneficiary to Be in Writing; Rights of Beneficiaries; Limitation on Liability of Institutions Making Payments From Such Accounts

§31A-4-34. Payment of Deposits to Minors

§31A-4-35. Reproduction of Checks and Other Records; Admissibility of Copies in Evidence; Disposition of Originals; Record Production Generally

§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-4-40. Permissive Closing on Fixed Weekday or Portions of Weekdays; Notice of Closings; Emergency Closings; Procedures

§31A-4-41. Additional Authority of Board as to Limited Operations and Cessation of Business by State Banks

§31A-4-42. Unlawful for Persons Other Than Banking Institutions to Engage in the Banking Business; Penalties

§31A-4-43. Negotiable Order of Withdrawal Accounts Allowed

§31A-4-44. Employment Information

§31A-4-45. Refusal of Banking Institutions to Open Checking Accounts for Certain Individuals Convicted of Worthless Check Violations; Authorizing Criminal Background Investigation by Banking Institutions; Civil Immunity; and Confidentiality