Arkansas Administrative Code
Agency 210 - State Bank Department
Rule 210.00.09-001 - 48-307.1 - Charter Amendment Application for Change of Bank Corporate Name; 48-309.1 - Reservation of Bank Corporate Name

Universal Citation: AR Admin Rules 210.00.09-001

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 2, February 2024

48-307.1 - CHARTER AMENDMENT APPLICATION FOR CHANGE OF BANK CORPORATE NAME (Reference A.C.A. § 23-48-307 )

Prior to filing an application with the State Bank Department for a charter amendment to change the corporate name of a state bank, the bank must complete the following procedures:

A) Publish legal notice of intention to change the corporate name of the bank one (1) time in a newspaper of statewide circulation. Such notice shall include both the current corporate name of the bank and the proposed new name. A copy of the legal notice must accompany the application; and

B) Request a current check of both state and federal trademark or servicemark filings on the proposed new name. Evidence must accompany the application for charter amendment verifying the applicant has made a trademark or servicemark search and no trademark or servicemark exists for the proposed name.

Once the charter amendment is received by the State Bank Department, notice of the filing of the application will be sent to all state-chartered banks by electronic transmission. Any protestants will have seven (7) days from the date the Department notice was sent to file an official protest to the application. An official protest must be provided to the Department in written form delineating the reasons for the protest and must be accompanied by a filing fee of two hundred dollars ($200).

48-309.1. - RESERVATION OF BANK CORPORATE NAME (Reference A.C.A § 23-48-309 )

The State Bank Department will accept a reservation for a bank corporate name only prior to and for the purpose of formation of a new state bank or prior to the consummation of an interstate merger transaction. The reservation will be for a nonrenewable two hundred seventy day period. A name not used permanently prior to the expiration of this period will be cancelled. Prior to filing a reservation of corporate name an applicant must:

Request a current check of both state and federal trademark or servicemark filings on the proposed name. Evidence must accompany the application for reservation of corporate name verifying the applicant has made a trademark or servicemark search and no trademark or servicemark exists for the proposed name.

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