Title 12Banks and BankingRelease 119-73

§628 Extension of corporate existence

Title 12 › Chapter CHAPTER 6— - FOREIGN BANKING › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - ORGANIZATION OF CORPORATIONS TO DO FOREIGN BANKING › § 628

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

A corporation under this subchapter may, within two years before its charter ends, apply to the Federal Reserve Board to extend existence to twenty years if two‑thirds of shareholders vote to do so. If the Board approves, the extension stands unless ended by a two‑thirds vote, an Act of Congress, or losing its franchise for breaking the law.

Full Legal Text

Title 12, §628

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Any corporation organized under the provisions of this subchapter may at any time within the two years next previous to the date of the expiration of its corporate existence, by a vote of the shareholders owning two-thirds of its stock, apply to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System for its approval to extend the period of its corporate existence for a term of not more than twenty years, and upon certified approval of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System such corporation shall have its corporate existence for such extended period unless sooner dissolved by the act of the shareholders owning two-thirds of its stock, or by an Act of Congress or unless its franchise becomes forfeited by some violation of law.

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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. 20 (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.

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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. § 628

Title 12Banks and Banking

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73