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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>83143</law_id><section_number>6.2-1379</section_number><catch_line>Out-of-state credit unions</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>6.2-1380</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="13">Credit Unions</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="11">Out-Of-State Credit Unions</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> A <span class="dictionary">credit union</span> organized and doing business in another state may conduct business as a <span class="dictionary">credit union</span> in the Commonwealth with the approval of the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>. The <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> shall grant such approval if it shall find that the out-of-state <span class="dictionary">credit union</span>: <a id="paragraph-297926" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-1379/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Is a <span class="dictionary">credit union</span> duly organized under the <span class="dictionary">laws</span> of another state that would allow <span class="dictionary">credit unions</span> organized in the Commonwealth to conduct business in that state; <a id="paragraph-297927" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-1379/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Has share insurance for its <span class="dictionary">members</span>; <a id="paragraph-297928" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-1379/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Reasonably needs to establish a place of business in the Commonwealth to adequately serve its <span class="dictionary">members</span> in the Commonwealth; <a id="paragraph-297929" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-1379/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> Is examined and supervised by the supervisory authority of the state in which the out-of-state <span class="dictionary">credit union</span> is organized; and <a id="paragraph-297930" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-1379/#A4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A5" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> Has filed an application with the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> to conduct such business. <a id="paragraph-297931" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-1379/#A5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The out-of-state <span class="dictionary">credit union</span> shall: <a id="paragraph-297932" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-1379/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Grant loans at rates of interest not in excess of the rates permitted for <span class="dictionary">credit unions</span> organized under the <span class="dictionary">laws</span> of the Commonwealth; <a id="paragraph-297933" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-1379/#B1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Comply with the same consumer protection provisions that <span class="dictionary">credit unions</span> organized under the <span class="dictionary">laws</span> of the Commonwealth are required to obey; <a id="paragraph-297934" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-1379/#B2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Designate and maintain a registered agent in the Commonwealth; <a id="paragraph-297935" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-1379/#B3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> Submit all examination reports from its supervisory agency to the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>; <a id="paragraph-297936" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-1379/#B4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B5" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> Have any insurer of <span class="dictionary">shares</span> designate an agent for <span class="dictionary">service of process</span> and agree that in the absence of such designation service may be upon the clerk of the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>; <a id="paragraph-297937" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-1379/#B5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B6" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">6.</span> Inform the <span class="dictionary">members</span> of the <span class="dictionary">credit union</span> who use any facility authorized pursuant to this section of the state where the organization, supervision, and share insurance of the <span class="dictionary">credit union</span> are, and of the <span class="dictionary">fact</span> that it is not regulated, supervised, or insured by any agency of the Commonwealth; and <a id="paragraph-297938" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-1379/#B6"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B7" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">7.</span> Comply with &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Establishing, moving, and closing offices" href="/6.2-1326/">6.2-1326</a>. <a id="paragraph-297939" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-1379/#B7"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> <span class="dictionary">Credit unions</span> organized in the Commonwealth may establish offices outside the Commonwealth upon approval of the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>. <a id="paragraph-297940" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-1379/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> may suspend or revoke the authority of an out-of-state <span class="dictionary">credit union</span> to do business in the Commonwealth if the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> finds that such <span class="dictionary">credit union</span> is not in compliance with the requirements of this section. <a id="paragraph-297941" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-1379/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1985, c. 552, &#xA7; 6.1-208.6; 1990, c. 373, &#xA7; 6.1-225.61; 1993, c. 59; 2010, c. 794.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
