§ 45-3-209 — Corporate name - Exclusive use by associations

(a) The name of every association shall include the words "savings and loan association" and "savings bank." These words shall be preceded or followed by an appropriate descriptive word or words approved by the commissioner. An ordinal number may not be used as a single descriptive word preceding the words "savings and loan association" unless the words are followed by the name of the town, city, or county in which the association has its home office. (b) No certificate of authority of a proposed association having the same name as any other financial institution authorized to do business in this state under this chapter or a name so nearly resembling it as to be calculated to deceive shall be issued by the commissioner, except to an association formed by the reincorporation, reorganization, merger, consolidation, or conversion of other associations, or upon the sale of the property or franchise of an association. (c) Except as otherwise provided by § 45-5-203 , no person, either domestic or foreign, unless authorized to do business in this state under this chapter, shall do business under any name or title that indicates or reasonably implies that the business is of the character or kind of business carried on or transacted by an association or that is calculated to lead any person to believe that the business is that of an association. (d) Upon application by the commissioner or by any association, a court of competent jurisdiction may issue an injunction to restrain an entity violating or continuing to violate any of the provisions of subsections (a)-(c).

Legislative History

Acts 1978, ch. 708, § 1.23; T.C.A., § 45-1323; Acts 1985, ch. 330, § 1.