Title 12Banks and BankingRelease 119-73

§625 Stockholders’ meetings; books and records; reports; examination

Title 12 › Chapter CHAPTER 6— - FOREIGN BANKING › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - ORGANIZATION OF CORPORATIONS TO DO FOREIGN BANKING › § 625

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Corporations must hold a yearly stockholders’ meeting at their U.S. home office on the date set in their bylaws. They must keep books there listing stockholders, directors and their addresses, and copies of reports sent to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. The Board may require reports and order annual or other exams, and it sets exam costs the corporation must pay.

Full Legal Text

Title 12, §625

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Every corporation organized under the provisions of this subchapter shall hold a meeting of its stockholders annually upon a date fixed in its bylaws, such meeting to be held at its home office in the United States. Every such corporation shall keep at its home office books containing the names of all stockholders thereof, and the names and addresses of the members of its board of directors, together with copies of all reports made by it to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Every such corporation shall make reports to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System at such times and in such form as it may require; and shall be subject to examination once a year and at such other times as may be deemed necessary by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System by examiners appointed by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the cost of such examinations, including the compensation of the examiners, to be fixed by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and to be paid by the Corporation examined.

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References in Text

This subchapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this section”, meaning section 25A of act Dec. 23, 1913, which is classified to this subchapter (§ 611 et seq.). Codification Section is comprised of par. 17 (undesignated) of section 25A of act Dec. 23, 1913, which comprises this subchapter. For complete classification of section 25A of this Act, see Codification note set out under section 611 of this title.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

section 203(a) of act Aug. 23, 1935, changed name of Federal Reserve Board to Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

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Citation

12 U.S.C. § 625

Title 12Banks and Banking

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73