Montana Title 32. Financial Institutions § 32-2-810. Certificate of authority to commence business

(1) A mutual association organized under this chapter may not accept deposits, incur indebtedness, or transact any business other than business that is incidental to its organization until it receives a certificate of authority to commence business issued by the commissioner.

(2) A mutual association organized under this chapter may not commence business until the capital required in its permission to organize has been deposited to the credit of the financial institution in a depository designated by the directors. When the required capital is deposited, a complete list of the capital depositors, with the name, address, occupation, and amount of capital deposited by each, must be filed with the commissioner, and the list must be verified by the president and secretary of the mutual association.

(3) When the mutual association has completed all steps necessary to begin business, the association shall file a report with the commissioner certifying that it has done everything required by the commissioner before it can be authorized to commence business.

(4) Upon receipt of the report referred to in subsection (3), the commissioner shall examine the affairs of the mutual association and determine whether the mutual association has complied with all of the requirements necessary to entitle it to engage in business.

(5) All transactions conducted by a person in violation of this section are void.