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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(1) If a liquidator or receiver is appointed for a trust company or a state bank or association having a trust department, the liquidator or receiver shall, pursuant to the instructions of the office and the orders of any court and the federal regulatory agency having jurisdiction, proceed to close such fiduciary accounts as can be closed promptly and transfer all other fiduciary accounts to substitute fiduciaries.
(2) If a trust company or a state bank or association having a trust department is placed in voluntary liquidation, the liquidating agent shall, in accordance with applicable law, proceed at once to liquidate the affairs of the trust company and the trust department with respect to its fiduciary accounts, as follows:
(a) All fiduciary accounts over which a court is exercising jurisdiction shall be closed or disposed of as soon as practicable in accordance with the orders or instructions of such court; and
(b) All other fiduciary accounts which can be closed promptly shall be closed as soon as practicable and final accounting shall be made therefor, and all remaining accounts shall be transferred to substitute fiduciaries in accordance with law.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Florida Statutes Title XXXVIII. Banks and Banking § 660.48. Receivership or voluntary liquidation - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/fl/title-xxxviii-banks-and-banking/fl-st-sect-660-48/
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