(a) The federal deposit insurance corporation may be appointed receiver of any state bank, the deposits in which are to any extent insured by that corporation and that has been closed on account of inability to meet the demands of its depositors, or otherwise by the law of Tennessee.
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 45-2-802

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Bank: means any person, as hereinafter defined, doing a banking business subject to the laws of this or any other jurisdiction and, for the purposes of supervision, examination and liquidation, includes industrial investment companies and industrial banks authorized by chapter 5 of this title. See Tennessee Code 45-1-103
  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of financial institutions. See Tennessee Code 45-1-103
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Deposit: means a deposit of money, bonds or other things of value, creating a debtor-creditor relationship. See Tennessee Code 45-1-103
  • Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation: A government corporation that insures the deposits of all national and state banks that are members of the Federal Reserve System. Source: OCC
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • State bank: means any bank chartered by this state. See Tennessee Code 45-1-103
(b) The commissioner, after taking possession of a state bank, shall have the right to appoint the federal deposit insurance corporation as receiver.
(c) Upon acceptance of the appointment as receiver, the federal deposit insurance corporation shall not be required to post bond or security.
(d) If the corporation accepts the appointment, it shall have and possess all of the duties, powers, and privileges provided by the laws of this state with respect to receivers of closed banks, except insofar as the duties, powers, and privileges are in conflict with the Federal Deposit Insurance Act. In addition, the federal deposit insurance corporation as receiver shall have the right to make an emergency sale of assets of a closed bank, as provided in part 15 of this chapter.
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