Title 12, Banks and BankingRelease 119-102
§23 Acknowledgment and Filing of Certificate
Title 12 › CHAPTER 2 — NATIONAL BANKS › SUBCHAPTER I — ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 23
Summary
The organization certificate must be signed and confirmed in front of a judge in a court of record or a notary public. The judge or notary must seal it and send the signed, sealed certificate to the Comptroller of the Currency, who must record it and keep it safe in the office.
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Title 12, §23
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The organization certificate shall be acknowledged before a judge of some court of record, or notary public; and shall be, together with the acknowledgment thereof, authenticated by the seal of such court, or notary, transmitted to the Comptroller of the Currency, who shall record and carefully preserve the same in his office.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification R.S. § 5135 derived from act June 3, 1864, ch. 106, § 6, 13 Stat. 101, which was the National Bank Act. See section 38 of this title.
Executive Documents
Exception as to
Transfer of Functions
Functions vested by any provision of law in Comptroller of the Currency, referred to in this section, not included in
Transfer of Functions
to Secretary of the Treasury, see note set out under section 1 of this title.
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Citation
12 U.S.C. § 23
Title 12, Banks and Banking
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102