12 U.S.C. § 81 (2024)
This is the official text of 12 U.S.C. § 81 (2024), part of Federal (US Code)’s United States Code — the codified general and permanent federal statutes of the United States, organized into more than 50 numbered titles by subject.
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Official statutory text
The general business of each national banking association shall be transacted in the place specified in its organization certificate and in the branch or branches, if any, established or maintained by it in accordance with the provisions of section 36 of this title.
(R.S. §5190; Feb. 25, 1927, ch. 191, §8, 44 Stat. 1229.)
Editorial Notes
Codification
R.S. §5190 derived from act June 3, 1864, ch. 106, §8, 13 Stat. 101, which was the National Bank Act. See section 38 of this title.
Amendments
1927—Act Feb. 25, 1927, among other changes, inserted "and in the branch or branches, if any, established or maintained by it in accordance with the provisions of section 36 of this title".
(R.S. §5190; Feb. 25, 1927, ch. 191, §8, 44 Stat. 1229.)
Editorial Notes
Codification
R.S. §5190 derived from act June 3, 1864, ch. 106, §8, 13 Stat. 101, which was the National Bank Act. See section 38 of this title.
Amendments
1927—Act Feb. 25, 1927, among other changes, inserted "and in the branch or branches, if any, established or maintained by it in accordance with the provisions of section 36 of this title".
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