(1) A member may designate any person or persons to own shares, share certificates, deposits and deposit certificates with him in joint tenancy with the right of survivorship, as a tenant in common or under any other form of joint ownership permitted by law; but no co-owner, unless a member in his own right, shall be permitted to vote, obtain loans, or hold office or be required to pay an entrance or membership fee.
(2) Payment of part or all of such accounts to any of the co-owners shall, to the extent of such payment, discharge the liability to all unless the account agreement contains a different provision.

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Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 286.6-375

  • Joint tenancy: A form of property ownership in which two or more parties hold an undivided interest in the same property that was conveyed under the same instrument at the same time. A joint tenant can sell his (her) interest but not dispose of it by will. Upon the death of a joint tenant, his (her) undivided interest is distributed among the surviving joint tenants.
  • Person: means a natural person, or any type or form of corporation, company, partnership, proprietorship, association, or other legal entity. See Kentucky Statutes 286.1-010
  • Right of survivorship: The ownership rights that result in the acquisition of title to property by reason of having survived other co-owners.
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.

Effective: July 13, 1984
History: Created 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 408, sec. 38, effective July 13, 1984.
Formerly codified as KRS § 290.375.
Legislative Research Commission Note (7/12/2006). In accordance with 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 247, secs. 38 and 39, this statute has been renumbered as a section of the Kentucky Financial Services Code, KRS Chapter 286.