Arizona Laws 6-201. Authority to engage in banking business; exception
A. No person, except a national banking association with its home office in this state or bank authorized to do business in this state pursuant to section 6-217 or section 6-322, subsection A, shall engage in the banking business in this state without a banking permit.
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 6-201
- Bank: means a corporation that holds a banking permit issued pursuant to chapter 2 of this title. See Arizona Laws 6-101
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
B. For the purposes of this section, a person engaged in the business of receiving money on deposit subject to payment by check or any other form of order or request or on presentation of a certificate of deposit or any other evidence of debt is engaged in the banking business.
C. Nothing in this section shall prohibit a savings and loan association qualified to do business in this state from performing any acts authorized by chapter 3 of this title, a credit union qualified to do business in this state from performing any act authorized by chapter 4 of this title, a licensee or authorized delegate under chapter 12 of this title from performing any act regulated by that chapter or a trust company qualified to do business in this state that maintains savings accounts or time deposits pursuant to section 6-882 from performing any act authorized by chapter 8 of this title.