Delaware Code § 12-3308

Power of bank or trust company acting as a fiduciary to purchase property held by its commercial
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or banking department.
(a) A bank or trust company shall not purchase, with funds held by it as a fiduciary, any property held by its commercial or banking
department, but this prohibition shall not apply to mortgages and their accompanying bonds designated by its commercial or banking
department for future trust investment at the time of acquisition by the commercial or banking department and purchased within 1 year
from such time of acquisition with funds held by it in its trust department; provided the interest and taxes are current at the time of
purchase by the trust department and an appraisal certificate on the real estate covered by the mortgages being purchased from at least
1 person competent and qualified to appraise real estate is obtained by the trust department at any time within 10 days prior to the
purchase by and transfer to the trust department. This exception shall apply to all types of mortgages held by the commercial or banking
department, including mortgages covering properties constructed during the 1-year period from the time the mortgages were acquired by
the commercial or banking department; provided, with respect to the latter type of mortgages, that an appraisal certificate on the completed
property from at least 1 person competent and qualified to appraise such property and a certificate from the owner of the property and/or
the registered architect who planned the construction of the property certifying that the construction is complete and satisfactory in every
respect, are obtained by the trust department at any time within 10 days prior to the purchase by and transfer to said department.
(b) The commercial or banking department shall make a report monthly to the board of directors of the bank or trust company listing
all mortgages designated for trust investment and covering all transactions relating thereto and such report shall be noted in the minutes
of the meeting of the board.
(c) The purchase of mortgages and their accompanying bonds permitted by this section shall be made subject to the limitations of the
standard set forth in § 3302 of this title.

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