Qualification and fiduciary powers

No state bank shall act as fiduciary unless it is authorized by its articles of incorporation and has a permit from the commissioner [director of the financial institutions division of the regulation and licensing department]. The commissioner [director] shall not grant the permit unless he finds: A. the bank has not less than five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) capital and surplus; B. the bank is in a sound financial condition and operated in a prudent and businesslike manner; and C. qualified personnel are available to handle trust matters. History: 1953 Comp., § 48-22-17, enacted by Laws 1963, ch. 305, § 17; 1975, ch. 330, § 12.