NRS 662.145 Limits on amount of loans; exceptions.
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NRS 662.145 Limits on amount of loans; exceptions.
1. Subject to the limitations set forth in NRS 662.155 , the total outstanding loans of any bank to any person, company, corporation or firm may not at any time exceed 25 percent of the stockholders’ or members’ equity of the bank, actually paid in. For the purposes of this section, the total outstanding loans of any bank include any credit exposure to a person, company, corporation or firm arising from a derivative transaction, repurchase agreement, reverse-repurchase agreement, securities lending transaction or securities borrowing transaction between the bank and the person, company, corporation or firm.
The discount of bills of exchange drawn in good faith against actual existing values, as collateral security, and a discount or purchase of commercial or business paper, actually owned by the persons, must not be considered as money loaned.
2. Neither the limitation on loans by banks contained in this section nor any other similar limitations contained in any law of this state relating to banks or banking apply to any loan or loans made by any bank to the extent that they are secured or covered by guarantees or by commitments or agreements to take over or to purchase made by any Federal Reserve Bank or by the United States or any department, bureau, board, commission or establishment of the United States, including any corporation wholly owned, directly or indirectly, by the United States.
3. The Commissioner may establish limitations on loans made by a bank to its directors, officers or employees and may establish requirements for the reporting of these loans.
4. The Commissioner may adopt regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.