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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>83679</law_id><section_number>6.2-1159</section_number><catch_line>Investigation of application; prescribed investigation period; shortening, lengthening or waiving of period; hearing; appeals</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="11">Savings Institutions</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="5">Foreign Savings Institutions; Acquisitions by Out-Of-State Savings Institutions or Out-Of-State Savings Institution Holding Companies</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> For 90 days following receipt of a complete application under &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Acquisitions by out-of-state savings institution holding company" href="/6.2-1157/">6.2-1157</a> or <a class="law" title="Acquisitions by out-of-state savings institution" href="/6.2-1158/">6.2-1158</a>, the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> may conduct an investigation for the purpose of determining whether: <a id="paragraph-299934" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-1159/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The proposed acquisition would be detrimental to the safety and soundness of the applicant or the <span class="dictionary">Virginia savings institution</span> or <span class="dictionary">Virginia <span class="dictionary">savings institution holding company</span></span> that the applicant seeks to acquire or control; <a id="paragraph-299935" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-1159/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The applicant, its directors and officers, if applicable, and any proposed new directors and officers, of the <span class="dictionary">Virginia savings institution</span> or <span class="dictionary">Virginia <span class="dictionary">savings institution holding company</span></span> that the applicant seeks to acquire, are qualified by character, experience and financial responsibility to control and operate a <span class="dictionary">Virginia savings institution</span> or <span class="dictionary">Virginia <span class="dictionary">savings institution holding company</span></span>; <a id="paragraph-299936" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-1159/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> The proposed acquisition would be prejudicial to the interests of the depositors, <span class="dictionary">creditors</span>, beneficiaries of fiduciary <span class="dictionary">accounts</span> or shareholders of the <span class="dictionary">Virginia <span class="dictionary">savings institution holding company</span></span> or any <span class="dictionary">Virginia savings institution</span> that the applicant seeks to acquire or control; and <a id="paragraph-299937" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-1159/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> The acquisition is in the public interest. <a id="paragraph-299938" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-1159/#A4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The 90-day investigation period may be shortened or waived by the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>, as it deems appropriate, if the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> finds that it must act immediately in <span class="dictionary">order</span> to prevent the probable failure of a <span class="dictionary">Virginia savings institution</span> involved. The 90-day investigation period may be extended if the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> determines that the applicant has not furnished all the information necessary to make the determination under &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Acquisitions by out-of-state savings institution holding company" href="/6.2-1157/">6.2-1157</a> or <a class="law" title="Acquisitions by out-of-state savings institution" href="/6.2-1158/">6.2-1158</a> or that the information submitted is substantially inaccurate or misleading. <a id="paragraph-299939" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-1159/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Within the prescribed investigation period, or any extension thereof, and upon request of the applicant or the <span class="dictionary">Virginia savings institution</span> or <span class="dictionary">Virginia <span class="dictionary">savings institution holding company</span></span> that the applicant seeks to acquire or control, or upon its own <span class="dictionary">motion</span>, the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> may <span class="dictionary">order</span> a <span class="dictionary">hearing</span> concerning the proposed acquisition. <a id="paragraph-299940" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-1159/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> Within the prescribed investigation period, or any extension thereof, the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>, by giving written notice of its decision and the reasons therefor to the applicant and to the <span class="dictionary">Virginia savings institution</span> or <span class="dictionary">Virginia <span class="dictionary">savings institution holding company</span></span> that the applicant seeks to acquire or control, may: (i) approve the application, (ii) disapprove the application, or (iii) impose such conditions on the acquisition as the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> may deem advisable to effect the purpose of this article. <a id="paragraph-299941" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-1159/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1985, c. 425, &#xA7; 6.1-194.99; 2010, c. 794.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
