North Dakota Century Code Title 6. Banks and Banking § 6-07.2-18. Voluntary liquidation of a bank

1. An application for approval to voluntarily liquidate the affairs of a bank must be submitted to the commissioner in the manner and form that the commissioner may prescribe, must include the information set forth in this section, and must contain such additional information the commissioner may require. The application must include duplicate copies of a resolution authorizing the dissolution and duplicate copies of a certificate, verified by the applicant's president or chief executive officer or a vice president, stating the facts pertaining to the resolution and that the applicant's liabilities have been paid in full. Each duplicate certificate must have annexed to the duplicate, over the official signatures, evidence showing:

2. Upon receipt of the application, the commissioner shall investigate the merits of the application. If the commissioner is satisfied the application is complete and all applicable provisions of law have been complied with, the commissioner shall cause an examination to be made of the applicant institution for the purpose of verifying the payment of all the applicant's liabilities. If the examination satisfies the commissioner that all of the applicant's liabilities have been paid, the commissioner shall endorse one copy of the certificate with the commissioner's statement that the institution is voluntarily liquidating. The return of the endorsed copy of the certificate operates to free the institution from further examination and to authorize the institution, under the original corporate name of the institution, to sue and be sued, to execute conveyances and other instruments, to take, hold, and own property, and to do all such other things as may be necessary to realize upon the institution's remaining assets for the pro rata benefit of the institution's stockholders, but not to engage or continue in any new or other business under the institution's charter or otherwise. The liquidation must proceed as expeditiously as possible, and upon conclusion, the institution shall surrender its charter. In lieu of continuing the liquidation under the original corporate name, the institution may transfer the remaining assets to a trustee agreed upon by the stockholders by a majority vote and upon so doing shall surrender the institution's charter.