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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>59285</law_id><section_number>6.2-1054</section_number><catch_line>Certificate required</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><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="3">Trust Subsidiaries</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>No <span class="dictionary">trust subsidiary</span>, other than a wholly owned subsidiary of a national banking association, shall engage in <span class="dictionary">trust business</span> without first obtaining a certificate of authority from the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>, or the Comptroller of the Currency if it is organized as a national banking association. The <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> shall not grant such certificate unless:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The capital and surplus of the <span class="dictionary">trust subsidiary</span> equal or exceed $200,000; and <a id="paragraph-217285" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-1054/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> is satisfied that (i) the <span class="dictionary">trust subsidiary</span> is capable of complying with the provisions of this chapter and (ii) the officers and directors have the moral fitness and business qualifications necessary to manage the <span class="dictionary">trust subsidiary</span>. <a id="paragraph-217286" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-1054/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1974, c. 286, &#xA7; 6.1-32.5; 1997, c. 801; 2010, c. 794.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
