(1) A banking institution shall not transact any business, except as is incidental or necessary to its organization, until it has received its charter from the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services. (2) An institution or Oregon stock savings bank that fails to obtain paid subscriptions in at least the amount of its approved initial paid-in capital and complete its organization and receive from the director a charter, within one year after the date of approval of its articles of incorporation, ceases to exist and the articles of incorporation are void. (3) All persons purporting to act as or on behalf of a banking institution, knowing there was no incorporation, are jointly and severally liable for all liabilities created while so acting. [Amended by 1969 c.44 1; 1973 c.797 63; 1989 c.324 5; 1997 c.631 51]
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