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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>79695</law_id><section_number>6.2-842</section_number><catch_line>Powers</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>6.2-831</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="8">Banks</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="6">Interstate Branching</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> An <span class="dictionary">out-of-state state bank</span> that establishes and maintains one or more branches in the Commonwealth under this article may conduct the same activities at such branch or branches that are authorized under Virginia <span class="dictionary">law</span> for <span class="dictionary">Virginia state banks</span>, except to the extent such activities may be prohibited by other <span class="dictionary">laws</span>, regulations, or <span class="dictionary">orders</span> applicable to the <span class="dictionary">out-of-state state bank</span>. <a id="paragraph-285587" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-842/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> A <span class="dictionary">Virginia state bank</span> may conduct the same activities at a branch outside the Commonwealth that are permissible for a bank chartered by the <span class="dictionary">host state</span> where the branch is located, except to the extent such activities are expressly prohibited by other <span class="dictionary">laws</span>, regulations, or <span class="dictionary">orders</span> applicable to the <span class="dictionary">Virginia state bank</span>. <a id="paragraph-285588" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-842/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> A bank shall not establish or maintain a branch in the Commonwealth on the premises or property of an affiliate if the affiliate engages in <span class="dictionary">commercial activities</span>. <a id="paragraph-285589" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-842/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1995, c. 301, &#xA7; 6.1-44.8; 2007, c. 1; 2010, c. 794.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
