A mutual savings bank may invest its funds in promissory notes payable to the order of the savings bank, secured by the pledge or assignment of investments lawfully purchasable by a savings bank. No such loan shall exceed ninety percent of the cash market value of such investments so pledged. Should any of the investments so held in pledge depreciate in value after the making of such loan, the savings bank shall require an immediate payment of such loan, or of a part thereof, or additional security therefor, so that the amount loaned thereon shall at no time exceed ninety percent of the market value of the investments so pledged for such loan.

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Interest and usury in general: Chapter 19.52 RCW.

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Terms Used In Washington Code 32.20.230

  • its funds: whenever used in this chapter , shall mean and include moneys deposited with or borrowed by a mutual savings bank, sums credited to the guaranty fund of a mutual savings bank, and the income derived from such deposits or fund, or both, and the principal balance of any outstanding capital notes, and capital debentures. See Washington Code 32.20.010
  • savings bank: whenever used in this chapter , shall mean a mutual savings bank organized and existing under the laws of the state of Washington. See Washington Code 32.20.010
  • Usury: Charging an illegally high interest rate on a loan. Source: OCC