Alabama § 5-5A-10 Permit to Transact Business - Required

Alabama Statutes

§ 5-5A-10 — Permit to Transact Business - Required

Alabama § 5-5A-10

Title 5Banks and Financial Institutions

Ch. 5AOrganization and Operation of Banks

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Ala. Code § 5-5A-10 (2026).

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No bank shall engage in the banking business until it shall have received from the superintendent a permit to transact a banking business. Any person who shall hereafter transact any business as an officer or agent of any bank hereafter incorporated, before such bank is authorized to transact business as a bank by the permit of the superintendent, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction, shall be fined not less than $1,000.00 nor more than $10,000.00. Each day on which said person transacts such business shall be a separate offense. The superintendent is empowered to seek an injunction from any court of competent jurisdiction enjoining such transaction of business.

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No bank shall engage in the banking business until it shall have received from the superintendent a permit to transact a banking business. Any person who shall hereafter transact any business as an officer or agent of any bank hereafter incorporated, before such bank is authorized to transact business as a bank by the permit of the superintendent, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction, shall be fined not less than $1,000.00 nor more than $10,000.00. Each day on which said person transacts such business shall be a separate offense. The superintendent is empowered to seek an injunction from any court of competent jurisdiction enjoining such transaction of business.