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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>63130</law_id><section_number>6.2-906</section_number><catch_line>Disclosure of irregularities; Commission&amp;#8217;s powers</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>6.2-1053</reference><reference>6.2-868</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="12">Examinations and Reports</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> If upon the examination of any <span class="dictionary">bank</span>, the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> ascertains that the banking <span class="dictionary">laws</span> of the Commonwealth are not being fully observed, that any irregularities are being practiced, or that the <span class="dictionary">bank</span>&#x2019;s capital has been or is in danger of being impaired, the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> shall give immediate notice thereof to the officers and directors of the <span class="dictionary">bank</span>. In addition, if it is deemed necessary in <span class="dictionary">order</span> to conserve the <span class="dictionary">assets</span> of such <span class="dictionary">bank</span> or to protect the interests of depositors and <span class="dictionary">creditors</span> thereof, the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> may do any one or more of the following: <a id="paragraph-230248" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-906/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Temporarily suspend the right of such <span class="dictionary">bank</span> to receive any further deposits; <a id="paragraph-230249" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-906/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Temporarily close such <span class="dictionary">bank</span>, for a period not exceeding 60 days, which period may be further extended for one or more 60-day periods as the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> may deem necessary; <a id="paragraph-230250" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-906/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Require the officers and directors of the <span class="dictionary">bank</span> to liquidate its outstanding loans insofar as shall be required; <a id="paragraph-230251" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-906/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> Require that any impairment of the capital stock be made good; <a id="paragraph-230252" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-906/#A4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A5" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> Require that any irregularities be promptly corrected; <a id="paragraph-230253" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-906/#A5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A6" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">6.</span> Require the <span class="dictionary">bank</span> to make reports, daily or at such other times as may be required to the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>, as to the results achieved in carrying out the <span class="dictionary">orders</span> of the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>; and <a id="paragraph-230254" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-906/#A6"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A7" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">7.</span> Without examination, close, for such period as the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> may deem necessary, any <span class="dictionary">bank</span> facing an emergency due to withdrawal of deposits or otherwise, or, without closing such <span class="dictionary">bank</span>, grant to it the right to suspend or limit the withdrawal of deposits, for such period as the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> may determine. <a id="paragraph-230255" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-906/#A7"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> If any <span class="dictionary">bank</span> fails or refuses to comply with any such <span class="dictionary">order</span> of the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>, or if the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> shall determine that a receiver for any such <span class="dictionary">bank</span> should be appointed, the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> may apply for the appointment of a receiver to take charge of the business affairs and <span class="dictionary">assets</span> of the <span class="dictionary">bank</span> and to wind up its affairs as provided in this chapter. <a id="paragraph-230256" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-906/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 6-113; 1966, c. 584, &#xA7; 6.1-92; 1976, c. 658; 2010, c. 794.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
