Title 12, Banks and BankingRelease 119-102
§81 Place of Business
Title 12 › CHAPTER 2 — NATIONAL BANKS › SUBCHAPTER IV — REGULATION OF THE BANKING BUSINESS; POWERS AND DUTIES OF NATIONAL BANKS › § 81
Summary
National banks must do business at their chartered location and at branches under section 36.
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Title 12, §81
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The general business of each national banking association shall be transacted in the place specified in its organization certificate and in the branch or branches, if any, established or maintained by it in accordance with the provisions of section 36 of this title.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification R.S. § 5190 derived from act June 3, 1864, ch. 106, § 8, 13 Stat. 101, which was the National Bank Act. See section 38 of this title.
Amendments
1927—Act Feb. 25, 1927, among other changes, inserted “and in the branch or branches, if any, established or maintained by it in accordance with the provisions of section 36 of this title”.
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12 U.S.C. § 81
Title 12, Banks and Banking
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102