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Code · U.S. Code · Title 12 - BANKS AND BANKING · CHAPTER 2— NATIONAL BANKS · SUBCHAPTER XII— VOLUNTARY DISSOLUTION · § 181

§ 181. Voluntary dissolution; appointment and removal of liquidating agent or committee; examination

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Any association may go into liquidation and be closed by the vote of its shareholders owning two-thirds of its stock. If the liquidation is to be effected in whole or in part through the sale of any of its assets to and the assumption of its deposit liabilities by another bank, the purchase and sale agreement must also be approved by its shareholders owning two-thirds of its stock unless an emergency exists and the Comptroller of the Currency specifically waives such requirement for shareholder approval.
The shareholders shall designate one or more persons to act as liquidating agent or committee, who shall conduct the liquidation in accordance with law and under the supervision of the board of directors, who shall require a suitable bond to be given by said agent or committee. The liquidating agent or committee shall render annual reports to the Comptroller of the Currency on the 31st day of December of each year showing the progress of said liquidation until the same is completed.
The liquidating agent or committee shall also make an annual report to a meeting of the shareholders to be held on the date fixed in the articles of association for the annual meeting, at which meeting the shareholders may, if they see fit, by a vote representing a majority of the entire stock of the bank, remove the liquidating agent or committee and appoint one or more others in place thereof. A special meeting of the shareholders may be called at any time in the same manner as if the bank continued an active bank and at said meeting the shareholders may, by vote of the majority of the stock, remove the liquidating agent or committee.
The Comptroller of the Currency is authorized to have an examination made at any time into the affairs of the liquidating bank until the claims of all creditors have been satisfied, and the expense of making such examinations shall be assessed against such bank in the same manner as in the case of examinations made pursuant to subchapter XV of chapter 3 of this title.
(R.S. § 5220; Aug. 23, 1935, ch. 614, title III, § 317, 49 Stat. 712; Pub. L. 86–230, § 15, Sept. 8, 1959, 73 Stat. 458.)
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  • Aug. 23, 1935, ch. 614
  • 49 Stat. 712
  • Pub. L. 86–230, § 15
  • 73 Stat. 458
  • act June 3, 1864, ch. 106, § 42
  • 13 Stat. 112
  • Pub. L. 86–230
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§ 181
Voluntary dissolution; appointment and removal of liquidating agent or committee; examination
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ActAug. 23, 1935, ch. 614
Stat.49 Stat. 712
Pub. L.Pub. L. 86–230, § 15
Stat.73 Stat. 458
Actact June 3, 1864, ch. 106, § 42
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