Title 12, Banks and BankingRelease 119-102
§225 Federal Reserve Banks; Title
Title 12 › CHAPTER 3 — FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM › SUBCHAPTER I — DEFINITIONS, ORGANIZATION, AND GENERAL PROVISIONS AFFECTING SYSTEM › § 225
Summary
A Federal Reserve bank must include the name of the city where it is located in its official title—for example, a bank based in Chicago would have "Chicago" in its name.
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Title 12, §225
Banks and Banking, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
A Federal reserve bank shall include in its title the name of the city in which it is situated, as “Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.”
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Editorial Notes
Codification Section is based on part of the second par. of section 2 of act Dec. 23, 1913. The rest of the second par. was not included in the Code. For classification of other pars. of section 2 of this Act, see Codification note set out under section 222 of this title.
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12 U.S.C. § 225
Title 12, Banks and Banking
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102