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N.Y. BNK Law § 132

This is the official text of N.Y. BNK Law § 132, part of New York’s BNK Law — part of the compiled statutory law of New York, published by the state as "BNK Law." Browse the sections below, each linked to its official government source.

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Use of sign, or words, indicating bank or trust company by unauthorized persons prohibited

Official statutory text

§ 132. Use of sign, or words, indicating bank or trust company by\nunauthorized persons prohibited.\n No person, except a national bank, a federal reserve bank, or a\ncorporation duly authorized by the superintendent to transact business\nin this state, shall make use of any office sign at the place where such\nbusiness is transacted having thereon any artificial or corporate name,\nor other words indicating that such place or office is the place of\nbusiness or office of a bank or trust company; nor shall any such person\nor persons make use of or circulate any letterheads, billheads, blank\nforms, notes, receipts, certificates, circulars, or any written or\nprinted or partly written and partly printed paper whatever, having\nthereon any artificial or corporate name, or other word or words,\nindicating that such business is the business of a bank or trust\ncompany; provided, however, that nothing in this section shall be deemed\nto prevent a bank holding company from using any corporate name it is\nduly authorized to use under subdivision (b) of section three hundred\ntwo of the business corporation law.\n

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