128 sections in this chapter.
ORS 711.210 [Repealed by 1973 c.797 §428]
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ORS 711.211 [1993 c.229 §12; repealed by 1997 c.631 §567]
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VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION; DISSOLUTION
ORS 711.215 Voluntary liquidation on approval of stockholders and director; costs of special examination. An institution may go into voluntary liquidation by vote of its stockholders owning at least two-thirds of its capital stock. The institution shall first obtain the written consent of the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services. Before consenting to the liquidation, the director may require a special examination of the condition and affairs of the institution. The institution shall pay the actual costs of the examination as provided in ORS 706.544. [Amended by 1973 c.797 §238; 1985 c.762 §43; 1985 c.786 §40; 1999 c.59 §220]
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ORS 711.217 Transactions exempt from ORS 711.220 to 711.235. In a transaction where a purchasing insured institution assumes or agrees to pay all the liabilities of a liquidating institution, ORS 711.220 to 711.235 do not apply. [1973 c.797 §239; 1997 c.631 §239]
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ORS 711.220 Notice of voluntary liquidation; presentation of claims. (1) If a vote is taken authorizing the voluntary liquidation of an institution, the board of directors shall cause to be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the city, town or county in which the principal office of the institution is located, at least once a week for four consecutive weeks, notice of the liquidation notifying depositors, other creditors or claimants to present their claims for payment
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(2) Claims of depositors shall be paid upon the presentation of a check, passbook, certificate of deposit or other instrument required for payment before the institution went into voluntary liquidation. Disputed claims shall be presented in writing for allowance or rejection in t…
ORS 711.225 Report and transfer of unclaimed deposits. Six months after the mailing of the written notice described in ORS 711.220 (3), the Oregon stock bank shall deliver a report and all deposits that remain unclaimed to the State Treasurer as unclaimed property under ORS 98.352 and deliver a copy of the report filed with the State Treasurer to the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services. [Amended by 1957 c.670 §33; 1959 c.138 §1; 1973 c.797 §241; 1993 c.694 §36; 1997 c.631 §240; 2019 c.678 §71; 2021 c.424 §21]
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ORS 711.230 Claims; time within which presented; extension of time. (1) Claims of all persons, other than depositors, against the institution shall be presented in writing to the institution within one year after the date of first publication provided for in ORS 711.220, unless barred by an earlier period of limitation. Claims arising out of the expense of liquidation may be filed at any time prior to the closing of the liquidation
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(2) The board of directors shall, within 30 days after the presentment of a claim, allow or reject the claim, in whole or in part, noting the same in their minutes. The board shall notify the claimants in writing of its action, either by personal service or by mail. Any claim rej…
ORS 711.235 Report of liquidation to director; disposition of remaining assets. (1) After the expiration of the time provided in ORS 711.230 for the filing of claims or if the board of directors has extended the time of liquidation then after the time set by them and after payment of unclaimed deposits to the State Treasurer, the board of directors shall make a complete report of the liquidation to the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services and shall certify to the director that all claims have been paid or finally determined
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(2) Any claims received and approved after the report has been filed with the director shall be paid if the remaining assets are sufficient. (3) When the report has been approved by the director the board of directors may proceed to liquidate the remaining assets and distribute t…
ORS 711.240 Supervision and control by director. The Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services shall supervise and control an institution in voluntary liquidation until the final report is filed to the same extent the director supervises and controls any other institution. [Amended by 1973 c.797 §244]
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ORS 711.245 [Repealed by 1973 c.797 §428]
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ORS 711.250 Engaging in banking or trust business prohibited after liquidation, transfer of deposit liabilities or ceasing to do business for one year; dissolution. (1) An institution may not engage in banking business or transact trust business if the institution
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(a) Goes into voluntary liquidation; (b) Is closed because of insolvency; (c) Sells all or substantially all of its assets to another institution that takes over and assumes all or substantially all of its deposit liabilities; or (d) Does not engage in banking business or transac…
ORS 711.305 [Amended by 1973 c.797 §246; repealed by 1997 c.631 §567]
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ORS 711.310 [Amended by 1973 c.797 §247; 1975 c.544 §31; repealed by 1997 c.631 §567]
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ORS 711.315 [Amended by 1973 c.797 §248; 1975 c.544 §32; 1991 c.249 §66; repealed by 1997 c.631 §567]
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ORS 711.320 [Amended by 1973 c.797 §249; repealed by 1997 c.631 §567]
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INSOLVENCY; LIQUIDATION BY DIRECTOR
ORS 711.400 Supervision of liquidation by circuit court; called “supervising court.” The circuit court of the county in which the principal office of an institution is located
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(1) Shall, as directed in ORS 711.400 to 711.615, supervise the liquidation of an institution; and (2) Is referred to in ORS 711.400 to 711.615 as the supervising court. [1973 c.797 §250]
ORS 711.405 When institution deemed insolvent. An institution is insolvent if any of the following occurs
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(1) The fair market value of the institution’s assets is insufficient to pay the institution’s liabilities, excluding any liability on account of capital debentures. (2) An Oregon stock bank fails to make good the Oregon stock bank’s reserve requirements under applicable law for …
ORS 711.410 Transfer of assets after commission of act of insolvency or in contemplation of insolvency; exceptions. Except for transfers of public funds or collateral that a qualified depository, as defined in ORS 295.001, or the State Treasurer must make under ORS 295.001 to 295.108, transfers of assets made after the commission of an act of insolvency or in contemplation of insolvency to prevent the application of the assets in the manner prescribed by the Bank Act or to the preference of one creditor to another are void. [Amended by 1973 c.797 §252; 2007 c.871 §32; 2010 c.101 §28; 2019 c.587 §49]
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ORS 711.415 Receiving deposits in excess of insurance while insolvent. A director, officer or employee of an Oregon stock bank shall not receive or permit to be received any deposit in excess of the insurance that the Oregon stock bank holds for its deposits under ORS 708A.405, if the director, officer or employee knows that the Oregon stock bank is insolvent. [Amended by 1973 c.797 §253; 1985 c.786 §41; 1997 c.631 §243]
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ORS 711.419 Taking possession of Oregon stock bank by director. After an Oregon stock bank commits an act of insolvency or the insurance required for its deposits under ORS 708A.405 is canceled by the insurer, the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services may take possession of the property and affairs of the Oregon stock bank and proceed to liquidate it as provided for an insolvent Oregon stock bank under ORS 711.400 to 711.615. [1975 c.544 §34; 1985 c.786 §42; 1997 c.631 §244]
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ORS 711.420 [Repealed by 1973 c.797 §428]
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ORS 711.425 [Repealed by 1973 c.797 §428]
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ORS 711.430 Placing business in control of director; notice. (1) An institution may place its property and affairs under the control of the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services to be liquidated by notifying the director of its proposed action and by posting a notice on its doors as follows: “This Bank (or Trust Company) Is Under the Control of the Department of Consumer and Business Services.”
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(2) The posting of the notice or the taking possession of an institution by the director is sufficient to place all its property and affairs of whatever nature in the possession of the director and operates as a bar and dissolution to any attachment proceedings. [Amended by 1973 …
ORS 711.435 Resumption of business of institution placed in control of director. (1) If the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services determines upon taking charge of an institution that it is only temporarily short of available funds and that its assets are sufficient to pay its liabilities, leaving its stockholders’ equity unimpaired, or the stockholders will arrange to make good its stockholders’ equity, if impaired, the director may permit the officers and directors of the institution to arrange with its depositors and creditors for an extension of time for payment of the depositors and creditors
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(2) When the director is satisfied that the stockholders’ equity of the institution has been brought into conformance with the Bank Act, the institution is solvent and has funds on hand with which to meet the demands made on it in the ordinary course of business, and the institut…
ORS 711.440 Receivers and assignments for benefit of creditors; notice to and action by director. (1) Notice shall be given to the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services before a receiver is appointed by any court or a deed of assignment for the benefit of creditors is filed in any court for an institution unless it is necessary so to do in order to preserve the assets of the institution
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(2) The director may, within five days after the service of the notice upon the director, take possession of the institution, in which case no further proceedings shall be had upon the application for the appointment of receiver or under the deed of assignment. If a receiver has …
ORS 711.445 Notice of taking possession of institution; prohibition against liens subsequent to insolvency. (1) Upon taking possession of the property and business of an institution, the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services shall give written notice of the fact to all persons holding or in possession of any assets of the institution
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(2) A person knowing that the director has taken possession of an institution shall not have a lien or charge for any payment advanced or any clearance thereafter made, or liability thereafter incurred, against any of the assets of the institution. [Amended by 1973 c.797 §257]
ORS 711.450 Prohibition against applying to enjoin director from continuing possession. An institution may not apply to the supervising court for an order requiring the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services to show cause why the director should not be enjoined from continuing possession pursuant to ORS 711.419. [Amended by 1973 c.797 §258; 1975 c.544 §37; 1985 c.786 §43]
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ORS 711.455 [Repealed by 1973 c.797 §428]
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ORS 711.460 [Repealed by 1973 c.797 §428]
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ORS 711.465 Transfer of liquidation functions to Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. (1) Upon taking possession of the business and property of an insolvent Oregon stock bank, the deposits of which are to any extent insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, if the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation will accept the duty of liquidating the Oregon stock bank, the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services may appoint without bond the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to act as receiver for the Oregon stock bank. When so appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation shall exercise all the powers and perform all the duties of the director in connection with the liquidation of Oregon stock banks
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(2) Upon being notified in writing of the acceptance of the appointment, the director shall file a certificate evidencing the appointment of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in the office of the director. Upon the filing of the certificate the possession of all the asset…
ORS 711.470 Subrogation rights of Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. If any Oregon stock bank in which the deposits are to any extent insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is closed for the purpose of liquidation without adequate provision being made for the payment of its depositors and if the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation pays or makes available for payment the insured deposit liabilities of the closed insured Oregon stock bank, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is subrogated to all rights against the closed insured Oregon stock bank of the owners of deposits to the extent of any payments made by the corporation to the depositors. [Amended by 1973 c.797 §260; 1997 c.631 §247]
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ORS 711.475 Inventory of assets; filing notice of taking possession. Upon taking possession of the property of an institution to liquidate its affairs, the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services shall
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(1) Inventory the assets of the institution. The inventory shall be prepared in duplicate with one copy filed in the office of the director and one in the office of the clerk of the county in which the principal office of the institution is located. (2) Within a reasonable time, …
ORS 711.480 Sale of assets. (1) Upon order of the supervising court, the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services may
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(a) Sell or compromise any bad or doubtful debts, including the individual liability of any stockholder of the institution. (b) Sell all or any of the real estate and personal property of the institution on terms directed by the supervising court. (2) The director, upon complianc…
ORS 711.485 Borrowing funds to pay closed institution expenditures. The Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services may, after the director has obtained the consent of the supervising court, borrow funds from any source available to be used for distribution among depositors or other creditors of the institution in the process of liquidation, or for expense of liquidation or preservation of the assets of the institution. To secure the loan, the director may pledge, on terms fixed by the lender and agreed to by the director, all or any portion of the assets of the institution. The director is not personally obligated to pay the loans. [Amended by 1973 c.797 §263]
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ORS 711.490 Capital stock requirements of institution purchasing assets and assuming liabilities of insolvent institution. If the assets of an insolvent institution are sold to a new institution and the new institution assumes any or all of the deposit liabilities of the insolvent institution with the approval of the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services and the supervising court, the new institution may be organized with a capital stock equal to the capital stock of the insolvent institution without regard to the capital requirements of ORS 707.050. [Amended by 1973 c.797 §264]
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ORS 711.495 Action by director to collect balance due on stock or stock assessment. If an institution becomes insolvent and is taken in charge by the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services for liquidation, the director may maintain an action against any stockholder, whose stock or assessment on the stock has not been fully paid, for the collection of the unpaid balance. The action may be prosecuted against one or more stockholders, singly or collectively. [Amended by 1973 c.797 §265]
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ORS 711.500 Liability of transferor of stock made in contemplation of insolvency; proceedings to relieve stockholder of liability prohibited. (1) Stockholders in an institution who have transferred their stock or registered the transfer of their stock within 60 days before the date of the closing of the institution or with the knowledge of the impending closing or failure, are liable, as if the transfer had not been made, to the extent that the subsequent transferee fails to pay the unpaid balance on the stock. This subsection does not affect any recourse which a former stockholder might otherwise have against those in whose name the stock is registered at the time the institution closes
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(2) An action may not be brought by the holder of any stock standing in the name of the stockholder on the books of an institution at the time it closes which will relieve the stockholder of liability as a stockholder. [Amended by 1973 c.797 §266]
ORS 711.505 Liability of fiduciary as stockholder; liability of estate and funds. A person holding stock of an institution as a fiduciary, as collateral security or in pledge, is not personally subject to any liability as a stockholder. The person pledging the stock is liable as a stockholder. The estate and funds in the hands of the fiduciary are liable to the same extent as the testator, intestate, protected person or person interested in the trust fund would be liable if able to act and hold the stock in the name of that person. [Amended by 1973 c.797 §267; 1973 c.823 §146; 1974 c.36 §27]
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ORS 711.510 Deposit of money collected under ORS 711.495; security for deposit. (1) The moneys collected by the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services under ORS 711.495 shall be, from time to time, deposited in one or more insured institutions, subject to the order of the director
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(2) The director may require any bank in which the director deposits money under this section to furnish security therefor satisfactory to the director for the safekeeping and prompt payment of the money deposited. [Amended by 1973 c.797 §268; 1997 c.631 §248]
ORS 711.515 “Depositor” defined; preferences among depositors. (1) As used in ORS 711.515 to 711.525, “depositor” includes purchasers or holders in due course of certificates of deposit, cashiers’ checks, certified checks, outstanding unpaid drafts drawn or issued by an Oregon stock bank, unsecured letters of credit and unsecured drafts accepted by the Oregon stock bank if the instruments enumerated are issued pursuant to cash or credit actually received or realized by the Oregon stock bank
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(2) A depositor or deposit, including deposits of the State of Oregon or any county, city or political subdivision thereof, shall not have a preference or prior lien on any assets of an insolvent Oregon stock bank over the claims of other depositors or deposits, unless the assets…
ORS 711.520 Priority of claimants against assets of Oregon stock bank that is insolvent or in liquidation. If an Oregon stock bank becomes insolvent or goes into voluntary or involuntary liquidation, the assets of the Oregon stock bank must be applied in the following order of priority
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(1) First, if collateral has been pledged under ORS 295.015 and assets have been pledged under ORS 709.030, to the benefit of those for whom the collateral and assets have been pledged; (2) Second, to pay the expenses of liquidation; (3) Third, to satisfy the amount due the depos…
ORS 711.525 Interest on deposits after Oregon stock bank closes. Interest on unsecured interest-bearing deposits and on secured interest-bearing deposits other than public funds shall stop on the date any Oregon stock bank is placed in the hands of the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services for liquidation. Interest on public funds that are secured as provided in ORS chapter 295, shall continue at the rate being paid by the Oregon stock bank prior to the time it closed. [Amended by 1973 c.797 §271; 1997 c.631 §251]
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ORS 711.530 Notice to creditors to present claims. The Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services shall cause notice to be given by advertisement, in a newspaper of the choice of the director, weekly for four consecutive weeks, notifying persons with claims against an institution which the director has taken possession of for the purpose of liquidating its affairs, to present the claim to the director, with legal proof of the claim, at a designated place on or before the expiration of 60 days after the date of the first publication of the notice. The notice shall state the date of the first publication. The director shall mail a similar notice to all persons whose names appear as creditors upon the books of the institution. Failure to mail the notice to any creditor does not give the creditor any right or impose any liability on the director. [Amended by 1973 c.797 §272]
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ORS 711.535 Verification and filing of claims; demand for preference. (1) All claims shall be verified and filed with the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services. If a claimant asserts a preference other than the preference given in ORS 711.520 to depositors, the claim shall include a demand for preference and a statement of the grounds upon which preference is claimed
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(2) Any claim for preference shall be filed with the director and the supervising court, before the expiration of the time fixed under ORS 711.530 in the notice to creditors. If a claim for preference is not filed within the designated time, it is barred. [Amended by 1973 c.797 §…
ORS 711.540 Approval or rejection of claims. (1) Within a reasonable time after the expiration of the time fixed in the notice to creditors, the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services shall approve or reject, in whole or in part, every claim filed
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(2) Depositors’ claims that assert no priority or preference other than the preference given under ORS 711.520 to depositors and that are filed after the expiration of the time fixed in the notice to creditors for the filing of all claims shall be approved or rejected, in whole o…
ORS 711.545 Objection to approval of claims. (1) If a creditor of the closed institution or any interested party objects to the action of the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services in allowing in whole or in part any claim filed with the director, the creditor shall, within 10 days after the list of allowed claims has been filed with the clerk of the supervising court, make and file with the clerk of the supervising court a verified statement of the objections of the creditor. The statement shall state the facts and reasons upon which the objections are based and include a notice that the objecting party appeals to the supervising court. Objections to the approval of any claim may be made at any time but, if not filed within the 10-day period, the objections shall apply only to that portion of the claim which has not yet been paid
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(2) A copy of the objections and notice shall be served upon the director and upon the creditor whose claim is challenged. Proof of the service shall be filed in the supervising court with the statement of objections. (3) The statement of objection filed in the supervising court …
ORS 711.550 Objection to rejection of claims. (1) If the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services rejects any claim in whole or in part, written notice of the rejection shall be given to the claimant, either in person or by mail. If notice by mail is given, it is sufficient that the notice be sent to the address indicated by the claimant on the proof of claim filed with the director. If no address is given, then it is sufficient if the notice is mailed to the last address of the claimant as shown by the books and records of the closed institution. If notice of rejection is given by mail, the notice is considered to have been given by the director on the day when the notice of rejection is properly addressed and deposited in the mail, postage prepaid. Proof of giving of notice of rejection by the director shall be made by affidavit, and the affidavit shall be prima facie evidence of the giving of notice. The affidavit shall be filed in the office of the director
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(2) Within 30 days after the giving of the notice of rejection, the claimant may appeal the rejection by serving the director with notice of appeal and by filing the notice with the clerk of the supervising court with proof of service of the notice upon the director and a copy, c…
ORS 711.554 Procedure for determination of claims. (1) After the filing of objections under ORS 711.545 or the filing of the notice and other papers under ORS 711.550 and upon the motion of any of the parties in interest, the supervising court, upon notice to all the parties, shall set the matter for trial
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(2) The trial shall be held in a summary manner upon the documents filed with the court. The person filing the statement of objection or the claimant whose claim was rejected has the burden of proof. (3) An appeal from the decision of the supervising court to the appellate court …
ORS 711.555 [Repealed by 1973 c.797 §428]
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ORS 711.560 Costs and disbursements in claim proceedings. A party to the proceedings upon any hearing provided for in ORS 711.554 shall not recover costs or disbursements from any other party. [Amended by 1973 c.797 §278]
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