Title 12, Banks and BankingRelease 119-102
§283 Public Subscription to Capital Stock
Title 12 › CHAPTER 3 — FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM › SUBCHAPTER VI — CAPITAL AND STOCK OF FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS; DIVIDENDS AND EARNINGS › § 283
Summary
Non-member individuals and businesses may not own over $25,000 par value of Federal Reserve Bank stock; that public stock’s transfers are recorded by the bank’s chairman.
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Title 12, §283
Banks and Banking, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
No individual, copartnership, or corporation other than a member bank of its district shall be permitted to subscribe for or to hold at any time more than $25,000 par value of stock in any Federal reserve bank. Such stock shall be known as public stock and may be transferred on the books of the Federal reserve bank by the chairman of the board of directors of such bank.
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Editorial Notes
Codification Section is comprised of the ninth par. of section 2 of act Dec. 23, 1913. 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. § 283
Title 12, Banks and Banking
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102