It is unlawful for any state banking association to pledge or hypothecate more than one and one-half dollars of the face value of any of its assets for each one dollar of money borrowed, except with written authority from the commissioner.

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Terms Used In North Dakota Code 6-03-54

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Banking: means the business of receiving deposits, making loans, discounting commercial paper, issuing drafts, traveler's checks, and similar instruments, handling and making collections, cashing checks and drafts, and buying and selling exchange. See North Dakota Code 6-01-02
  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of financial institutions. See North Dakota Code 6-01-02
  • state banking association: means any corporation organized under the laws of this state covering state banking associations, and all corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships, firms, or associations whose business in whole or in part consists of the taking of money on deposit, except national banks, trust companies, and the Bank of North Dakota. See North Dakota Code 6-01-02
  • written: include "typewriting" and "typewritten" and "printing" and "printed" except in the case of signatures and when the words are used by way of contrast to typewriting and printing. See North Dakota Code 1-01-37