Oklahoma Code § 6-805

Title 6. Banks And Trust Companies: Prohibition on bank employing funds in trade or commerce -
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Sale of personal property - Leasing of personal property -
Acquisition of leased personal property.
A.  Bank prohibited from employing its funds in trade or
commerce - Exception.
1.  Except as permitted in other sections of this Code, a state
bank shall not invest its funds in trade or commerce by buying,
selling, or otherwise dealing in goods, except as necessary to avoid
or minimize a loss on a loan or investment previously made in good
faith and shall not invest any of its funds in the stock of any
other bank, nor make any loans or discounts on the security of the
shares of its own capital stock, nor be the purchaser or holder of
any such shares, unless such securities or purchase shall be

necessary to prevent loss upon a debt previously contracted in good
faith.
2.  Except as permitted in other sections of this Code, a trust
company shall not invest any of its funds in the stock of any other
trust company.
3.  Unless written approval for a longer period is granted by
the Commissioner, stock or other personal property so purchased or
acquired shall within one (1) year from the time of its purchase or
acquisition be sold or disposed of at public or private sale, and
after the expiration of one (1) year any such stock or other
personal property shall not be considered as part of the assets of
any bank.
B.  Sale of personal property acquired under subsection A.  A
bank may sell any personal property which may come into its
possession as collateral security for any debt or obligation due it,
in the manner prescribed by the Uniform Commercial Code, Section 1-
101 et seq. of Title 12A of the Oklahoma Statutes, and other
pertinent statutes.
C.  Leasing of personal property - Limitation on term and
amount.
1.  A bank may become the owner and lessor of personal property
upon the specific request of and for the use of a customer.  Except
upon the written approval of the Commissioner, the term of the lease
shall in no event exceed ten (10) years and all such leases shall
provide for the payment of regularly scheduled periodic payments,
the total of which shall at least equal the cost to the bank of the
personal property so leased.
2.  The total investment by a bank for benefit of any person,
copartnership, association or corporation, combined with all other
obligations of such person to the bank, shall at no time exceed
thirty percent (30%) of the bank's capital.
D.  Acquisition of leased personal property.  When a bank has
completed a leasing arrangement in conformity with subsection C of
this section, the bank may then purchase the personal property to be
leased.
Added by Laws 1965, c. 161, § 805.  Amended by Laws 1986, c. 316, §
6, emerg. eff. June 24, 1986; Laws 1987, c. 135, § 9, emerg. eff.
June 3, 1987; Laws 1997, c. 111, § 72, eff. July 1, 1997.

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