Section 5-13B-81

Branches and agencies of foreign banks - Necessity of licensure.

(a) No foreign bank shall transact business in this state except at an Alabama state branch or Alabama state agency which it is licensed to establish and maintain pursuant to, and at which it conducts such activities as are permitted by, this article.

(b) Subsection (a) shall not be deemed to prohibit:

(1) Any foreign bank which maintains a federal agency or federal branch in this state from transacting at such federal agency or federal branch such business as it may be authorized to transact under applicable federal laws and regulations; or

(2) Any foreign bank which does not maintain an Alabama state branch or Alabama state agency from making in this state loans secured by liens on real property located in this state; or

(3) Any foreign bank which maintains an Alabama branch or agency from transacting business as agent for an affiliated depository or other institution in accordance with provisions of this article; or

(4) Any foreign bank organized under the laws of a territory of the United States, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, or the Virgin Islands, the deposits of which are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, from establishing and operating an interstate branch in this state in its capacity as a "state bank" as defined in the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, pursuant to the authorities contained in that act and in the laws of this state.

(c) For purposes of subsection (a), no foreign bank shall be deemed to be transacting business in this state merely because a subsidiary or affiliate transacts business in this state.

(Acts 1995, No. 95-115, p. 134, §29.)