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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>56519</law_id><section_number>6.2-1029</section_number><catch_line>Directors</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>6.2-1017</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="6.2">Financial Institutions and Services</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Depository Institutions and Trust Organizations</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="10">Entities Conducting Trust Business</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="2">Trust Companies</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The affairs of every <span class="dictionary">trust company</span> shall be directed by a board of directors. The board shall consist of not less than five nor more than 25 individuals. A majority of the directors shall be citizens of the Commonwealth. <a id="paragraph-206883" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-1029/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Every director of a <span class="dictionary">trust company</span> shall be the sole owner, and have in his personal <span class="dictionary">possession</span> or <span class="dictionary">control</span> shares, of stock of such <span class="dictionary">trust company</span> having a book value of not less than $2,000 and, within 30 days of election, shall take an <span class="dictionary">oath</span> that he will diligently and honestly perform his duties as a director and that he is the sole owner and has in his <span class="dictionary">possession</span> or <span class="dictionary">control</span> the required amount of stock, unencumbered in any way. When a director is reelected or reappointed, he shall take an <span class="dictionary">oath</span> certifying his ownership and <span class="dictionary">control</span> of the required amount of unencumbered stock throughout his previous term. <a id="paragraph-206884" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-1029/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Any director who (i) fails, for a period of 30 days, to take the <span class="dictionary">oath</span> or (ii) does not comply with the requirement for ownership of stock, both as required by subsection B, shall automatically forfeit his office. <a id="paragraph-206885" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-1029/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> Within 60 days following the election or reelection of any individual as a director of a <span class="dictionary">trust company</span>, the <span class="dictionary">trust company</span> shall furnish such information to the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> relative to his personal character, integrity, financial condition, and personal and business background, as the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> shall from time to time prescribe. Such report, under <span class="dictionary">oath</span>, shall be signed by the director as well as a designated officer of the <span class="dictionary">trust company</span>. Any <span class="dictionary">person</span> knowingly making a false statement in such a report is guilty of <span class="dictionary">perjury</span>. <a id="paragraph-206886" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-1029/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1993, c. 432, &#xA7; 6.1-32.22; 1994, c. 105; 2010, c. 794.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
