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§ 6.2-1024 Restrictions on control, officers and directors

A. None of the following individuals or entities shall acquire control of any trust company under § 6.2-1023:

1. An agent;

2. A broker-dealer;

3. An investment advisor;

4. An investment advisor representative;

5. An investment company; or

6. Any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, business trust, association, or similar organization.

B. Nothing in this section shall prohibit (i) the formation of a trust company holding company by a trust company, (ii) any officer, director, or employee of a trust company holding company or a subsidiary of a trust company holding company from owning, indirectly, five percent or more of any class of capital stock of an affiliated trust company, or (iii) the acquisition of a trust company pursuant to § 6.2-1023 by a bank holding company as defined in 12 U.S.C. § 1841 or by a corporation that controls a subsidiary authorized to engage in the trust business under federal law or the laws of any state.

History

This law was first created in 1993. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 432 of that year’s edition of “Acts of Assembly,” the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1993 “Acts” aren’t available online. It has been modified 4 times. Those modifications are cataloged by “The Acts of Assembly,” a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly’s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1994, chapter 524; in 1995, chapter 140; in 2004, chapter 781; in 2010, chapter 794.

1993, c. 432, § 6.1-32.20; 1994, c. 524; 1995, c. 140; 2004, c. 781; 2010, c. 794.

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