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Current as of January 01, 2023 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
A. The commissioner may, with the consent of the governor, take possession and act as conservator of a state bank in any case in which he finds that the bank:
(1) Is insolvent or in an unsafe or unsound condition to continue the business of banking.
(2) Has refused to pay its depositors or obligations in accordance with the terms under which such deposits or obligations were incurred.
(3) Has refused to submit its records and affairs for inspection or examination by federal or state banking authorities.
(4) Has violated any court order, statute, rule or regulation, or its articles, and the commissioner determines that continued control of its own affairs threatens injury to the public, the financial community, or its depositors and other creditors.
(5) Requests through its board of directors that the commissioner take possession for the benefit of depositors, other creditors, and stockholders.
(6) Has had its deposit insurance contract with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation terminated or is subject to an agreement or a final order to terminate that insurance.
B. The commissioner shall file an application to confirm the conservator and commence the conservatorship with the receivership court. The application shall recite one of the grounds for conservatorship provided in this Section. The court shall act upon the application forthwith and may proceed without notice to any person.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 6, § 382. Authority of commissioner to take possession and commence conservatorship of state bank - last updated January 01, 2023 | https://codes.findlaw.com/la/revised-statutes/la-rev-stat-tit-6-sect-382/
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