North Dakota Century Code Title 6. Banks and Banking § 6-08.3-03.1. Deposit limitation

1. A depository institution or depository institution holding company may not consolidate or merge with, or acquire a North Dakota depository institution or a depository institution holding company that controls a North Dakota depository institution if the federal reserve, comptroller of the currency, federal deposit insurance corporation, or office of thrift supervision, as the case may be, determines that the depository institution or a depository institution holding company will control more than twenty-five percent of North Dakota deposits.

2. The federal reserve, comptroller of the currency, or federal deposit insurance corporation, as the case may be, may approve an acquisition or merger under this title without regard to the limitations of this section, if the transaction involves an acquisition or merger: