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§ 6.2-1000. Definitions

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise: “Affiliated trust company” means a trust company that is controlled by a trust company holding company. “Trust business” means the holding out by a person or legal entity to the public at large by advertising, solicitation or other means that the person or legal entity […]

§ 6.2-1001. Entities authorized to engage in trust business

A. No entities, except (i) corporations duly chartered and already conducting trust business in the Commonwealth under authority of the laws of the Commonwealth or the United States, (ii) banks hereafter incorporated under the laws of the Commonwealth that are authorized to engage in the trust business through a separate trust department pursuant to Article […]

§ 6.2-1002. Powers of trust institutions

A. All banks that are authorized to do a trust business and all trust companies shall have the following rights, powers, and privileges, and shall be subject to the following regulations and restrictions: 1. To act as agent for any person, corporation, municipality, or state, for the collection or disbursement of interest, or income or […]

§ 6.2-1003. When security not required; payment of probate taxes and fees

A. No bank or trust company with a minimum unimpaired capital stock of $50,000 or more shall be required by any officer or court of the Commonwealth to (i) give security upon appointment to or acceptance of any office of trust which it may, by law, be authorized to execute or (ii) give security upon […]

§ 6.2-1004. Who may take oath for corporate fiduciary

In all cases where any trust institution shall be appointed to act as trustee, executor, or administrator of any estate or guardian for any infant, or in any other fiduciary capacity, it shall be lawful for any officer of the trust institution to take and subscribe for the institution any and all oaths required to […]

§ 6.2-1005. Deposit or other use of trust funds

A. Funds received or held in the trust department of a bank or by a trust company awaiting investment or distribution shall not be used by the bank or trust company in the conduct of its business. B. Notwithstanding subsection A, such funds may be deposited by a bank in its commercial or savings department […]

§ 6.2-1007. Investment of trust funds

A. Funds received or held by a trust institution awaiting investment or distribution shall be invested or distributed as soon as practicable and shall not be held uninvested by the trust institution any longer than is reasonably necessary. B. If the instrument creating the trust does not specify the character or class of investments to […]

§ 6.2-1008. Dealings with self or affiliates

A. No trust institution shall buy any property for a trust or estate from itself, or a department or branch thereof, or from an affiliate or subsidiary corporation, or from a director, officer, or employee of such trust institution. Any such purchase shall be voidable at the election of any beneficiary or successor trustee, unless […]

§ 6.2-1009. Common trust and collective investment funds

A. As used in this section: “Common trust fund” means a common trust fund described under § 584 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, as well as any other type of collective investment fund that is exempt from federal income taxation under any other provision of the Internal Revenue Code or regulations […]

§ 6.2-1010. Holding stock or other securities as fiduciary

A. A trust institution holding stock or other securities as fiduciary may hold it in the name of a nominee without mention of the trust in the stock certificate or stock registry book or other book in which such securities are registered. A fiduciary registering stock or other securities in the name of a nominee […]

§ 6.2-1012. Suspension or prohibition of trust institutions

The Commission may prohibit or suspend from engaging in trust business any (i) trust company that fails to comply with any of the provisions of § 6.2-1005, 6.2-1006, or 6.2-1008; (ii) bank doing a trust business that fails to comply with any of the provisions of § 6.2-821, 6.2-1005, 6.2-1006, or 6.2-1008; or (iii) trust […]