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§ 81-5-37. Uniform Common Trust Fund Law

Any bank or trust company qualified to act as a fiduciary in this state may establish common trust funds for the purpose of furnishing investments to itself as fiduciary, or to itself and others, as co-fiduciaries; and may, as such fiduciary or co-fiduciary, invest funds which it lawfully holds for investment in interests in such […]

§ 81-5-41. Foreign investors may engage in certain activities without qualifying

Without excluding other activities within this state, or activities outside this state involving taking security of real estate located in this state, which may not constitute transacting or engaging in business in this state, any of the following, not organized under the laws of the State of Mississippi and which has no place of business […]

§ 81-5-43. Out-of-state banking and trust associations and corporations may act as executors, administrators, trustees and guardians

Any out-of-state banking corporation, or banking association, or out-of-state trust corporation, or association, which has its principal office in another state, authorized to act as executor or administrator of estates of decedents or trustees under wills and voluntary trust agreements, and as guardian of minors or incompetent persons, in the state where it has its […]

§ 81-5-49. Interlocking directorates prohibited

No person shall be permitted to be a director in more than one bank serving the same incorporated town or city doing business in this state. Any person holding a directorship in violation of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined not more than $100.00 and be ineligible […]

§ 81-5-5. Local and regional banks for farm loans authorized

Local and regional banks for the purpose of making and floating loans upon farms in the State of Mississippi may be established under any legislation enacted or to be enacted by Congress and in such manner as may be provided by Congress and any bonds representing loans on farms and bearing a rate of interest […]

§ 81-5-51. Loans to directors and executive officers

Loans aggregating fifteen percent (15%) of the unimpaired capital and unimpaired surplus may be made by any state bank to any director or executive officer thereof, as defined in Regulation O promulgated by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, less existing direct and indirect liabilities thereto, upon affirmative approval of a majority […]

§ 81-5-53. Limitation of liability when dealing with agents, trustees, etc.

A bank dealing, whether to its own benefit or otherwise, with, through or under any person, who is or may be an agent, trustee, guardian, executor, administrator, or other fiduciary, or a corporate officer, agent or employee, or a partnership member or representative, shall not be deemed to have notice of or be obligated to […]

§ 81-5-55. Name of depositors not to be disclosed

In no instance shall the name of any depositor, or the amount of his deposit, be disclosed to anyone, except to report to approved parties, such as credit bureaus, account verification services and others, the forcible closure of a deposit account due to misuse, such as fraud, kiting or chronic bad check writing or when […]

§ 81-5-57. Excess deposits; limit and penalty

No state bank shall receive and hold deposits continuously for more than twelve months in excess of twenty times its paid up capital, surplus, undivided profits and reserves, except by permission of the state comptroller. Such permission of the state comptroller shall be in writing executed in duplicate, and one copy thereof shall be delivered […]

§ 81-5-59. Deposit of minors

When any minor or other person under disability shall make a deposit in any bank in his or her name such bank may pay such money on a check or order of such person, the same as in other cases, and such payment shall be in all respects valid in law.

§ 81-5-61. Safe deposit boxes; leasing to minors

Any bank or other corporation maintaining safe deposit boxes for lease to the public may lease one or more of such boxes to a minor eighteen (18) years of age or older and in connection therewith deal with such minor with the same effect as if leasing to and dealing with a person of full […]

§ 81-5-62. Accounts payable at death

[Effective from and after January 1, 2020] Accounts payable at death may be established under the following conditions: An account in a bank, including a national bank, may be opened by any person or persons with directions to make such an account payable on the death of the person or persons opening such an account […]

§ 81-5-64. Access to safe-deposit box upon death of sole lessee or last surviving co-lessee; definitions; order of priority; documentation required; rights and responsibilities of persons granted access; liability protections to financial institutions

Definitions.For purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: “Financial institution” means any banking corporation, national bank, savings and loan association, credit union or postal savings bank operating in this state. “Safe-deposit box” means a storage container maintained in the vault area of a financial institution leased to a financial institution […]