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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>60495</law_id><section_number>6.2-701</section_number><catch_line>Presumptions regarding control of entities, ownership of shares, and activities of subsidiaries or other entities</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>6.2-1186</reference><reference>6.2-816</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="7">Acquisitions of Interests in Financial Institutions</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> A <span class="dictionary">person</span> shall be deemed to control another <span class="dictionary">entity</span> if: <a id="paragraph-221183" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-701/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> It owns 25 percent or more of the voting shares of the <span class="dictionary">entity</span>; <a id="paragraph-221184" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-701/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The <span class="dictionary">person</span> is presumed to control the <span class="dictionary">entity</span> under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. &#xA7; 1841 et seq.), as amended, or under Section 10 of the Home Owners&#x2019; Loan Act (12 U.S.C. &#xA7; 1467a), as amended; or <a id="paragraph-221185" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-701/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> A determination has been made by the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> that the <span class="dictionary">person</span> exercises a controlling influence over the management and policies of the <span class="dictionary">entity</span>. <a id="paragraph-221186" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-701/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> A <span class="dictionary">financial institution holding company</span> shall be deemed to own shares owned by a <span class="dictionary">subsidiary</span>. <a id="paragraph-221187" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-701/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> A <span class="dictionary">financial institution holding company</span> shall be deemed to engage in activities engaged in by its <span class="dictionary">subsidiary</span> or by any other <span class="dictionary">entity</span> of which it owns five percent or more of the voting shares. <a id="paragraph-221188" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-701/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1978, c. 683, &#xA7; 6.1-381; 1983, c. 194; 1985, c. 604; 1993, c. 58; 1996, c. 16; 2010, c. 794.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
