Okla. Stat. tit. 6, § 6-903.1
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Deposit accounts for minors
Official statutory text
A. Except as otherwise provided by this section, a bank or
credit union lawfully doing business in this state may enter into a
deposit account with a minor as the sole and absolute owner of the
account and may pay checks and withdrawals and otherwise act with
respect to the account on the order of the minor. A payment or
delivery of rights to a minor who holds a deposit account evidenced
by a receipt or other acquittance signed by the minor discharges the
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bank or credit union to the extent of the payment made or rights
delivered.
B. If the minor is the sole and absolute owner of the deposit
account, the disabilities of minority are removed for the limited
purposes of enabling:
1. The minor to enter into a depository contract with a bank or
credit union; and
2. The bank or credit union to enforce the contract against the
minor, including collection of overdrafts and account fees and
submission of account history to account reporting agencies and
credit reporting bureaus.
C. A parent or legal guardian of a minor may deny the minor's
authority to control, transfer, draft on, or make withdrawals from
the minor's deposit account by notifying the bank or credit union in
writing. On receipt of the notice by the bank or credit union, the
minor may not control, transfer, draft on, or make withdrawals from
the account during minority except with the joinder of a parent or
legal guardian of the minor.
D. If a minor with a deposit account dies, the receipt or other
acquittance of the minor's parent or legal guardian discharges the
liability of the bank or credit union to the extent of the receipt
or other acquittance, except that the aggregate discharges under
this subsection may not exceed Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00).
E. Subsection A of this section does not authorize a loan to
the minor by the bank or credit union, whether on pledge of the
minor's savings account or otherwise, or bind the minor to repay a
loan made except as provided by subsection B of this section or
other law or unless the depository institution has obtained the
express consent and joinder of a parent or legal guardian of the
minor. This subsection does not apply to an inadvertent extension
of credit because of an overdraft from insufficient funds, returned
checks or deposits, or other shortages in a depository account
resulting from normal banking or credit union operations.
credit union lawfully doing business in this state may enter into a
deposit account with a minor as the sole and absolute owner of the
account and may pay checks and withdrawals and otherwise act with
respect to the account on the order of the minor. A payment or
delivery of rights to a minor who holds a deposit account evidenced
by a receipt or other acquittance signed by the minor discharges the
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 6. Banks and Trust Companies Page 109
bank or credit union to the extent of the payment made or rights
delivered.
B. If the minor is the sole and absolute owner of the deposit
account, the disabilities of minority are removed for the limited
purposes of enabling:
1. The minor to enter into a depository contract with a bank or
credit union; and
2. The bank or credit union to enforce the contract against the
minor, including collection of overdrafts and account fees and
submission of account history to account reporting agencies and
credit reporting bureaus.
C. A parent or legal guardian of a minor may deny the minor's
authority to control, transfer, draft on, or make withdrawals from
the minor's deposit account by notifying the bank or credit union in
writing. On receipt of the notice by the bank or credit union, the
minor may not control, transfer, draft on, or make withdrawals from
the account during minority except with the joinder of a parent or
legal guardian of the minor.
D. If a minor with a deposit account dies, the receipt or other
acquittance of the minor's parent or legal guardian discharges the
liability of the bank or credit union to the extent of the receipt
or other acquittance, except that the aggregate discharges under
this subsection may not exceed Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00).
E. Subsection A of this section does not authorize a loan to
the minor by the bank or credit union, whether on pledge of the
minor's savings account or otherwise, or bind the minor to repay a
loan made except as provided by subsection B of this section or
other law or unless the depository institution has obtained the
express consent and joinder of a parent or legal guardian of the
minor. This subsection does not apply to an inadvertent extension
of credit because of an overdraft from insufficient funds, returned
checks or deposits, or other shortages in a depository account
resulting from normal banking or credit union operations.
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