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This law was first created in 1995. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 301<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2010, chapter 794<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":370954,"section_number":"58.1-1201","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/58.1-1201\/"},{"id":374323,"section_number":"6.2-803","catch_line":"Entities authorized to engage in banking business","order_by":null,"url":"\/6.2-803\/"},{"id":374343,"section_number":"6.2-822","catch_line":"Merger and share exchange by state banks","order_by":null,"url":"\/6.2-822\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":374357,"section_number":"6.2-836","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/6.2-836\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1492559,"object_type":"law","relational_id":374370,"identifier":"6.2-849","token":"6.2\/II\/8\/7\/6.2-849","url":"\/6.2-849\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/6.2-849\/","token":"6.2\/II\/8\/7\/6.2-849","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 6.2-849","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this article, unless a different meaning is required:

\t\t“Bank<\/span>” has the meaning assigned to it in 12 U.S.C. \u00a7 1813 (a) (1) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Company Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. \u00a7 1811 et seq.), as amended.

\t\t“Home state” has the meaning assigned to it in \u00a7 6.2-836<\/a>.

\t\t“Host state” has the meaning assigned to it in \u00a7 6.2-836<\/a>.

\t\t“Interstate merger transaction” means:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> The merger or consolidation<\/span> of banks<\/span> with different home states, and the conversion of branches of any bank involved in the merger or consolidation<\/span> to branches of the resulting bank<\/span>; or <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> The purchase of all, or substantially all, of the assets<\/span> of a bank whose home state is different than the home state of the acquiring bank.\n\t\t\t“Out-of-state bank<\/span>” has the meaning assigned to it in § 6.2-836<\/a>.

\t\t\t“Out-of-state state bank<\/span>” has the meaning assigned to it in § 6.2-836<\/a>.

\t\t\t“Resulting bank<\/span>” means a bank that has resulted from an interstate merger transaction under this article.

\t\t\t“Virginia bank<\/span>” means a bank whose home state is Virginia.

\t\t\t“Virginia state bank<\/span>” has the meaning assigned to it in § 6.2-836<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 6.2-849)\n\nAs used in this article, unless a different meaning is\nrequired:\t\t“Bank” has the meaning assigned to it in 12 U.S.C. \u00a7\n1813 (a) (1) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Company Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. \u00a7\n1811 et seq.), as amended.\t\t“Home state” has the meaning assigned to\nit in \u00a7 6.2-836.\t\t“Host state” has the meaning assigned to it in \u00a7\n6.2-836.\t\t“Interstate merger transaction” means:\n\n1. The merger or consolidation of banks with different home states, and the\nconversion of branches of any bank involved in the merger or consolidation to\nbranches of the resulting bank; or\n\n2. The purchase of all, or substantially all, of the assets of a bank whose home\nstate is different than the home state of the acquiring bank.\n\t\t\t“Out-of-state bank” has the meaning assigned to it in §\n6.2-836.\t\t\t“Out-of-state state bank” has the meaning assigned to it\nin § 6.2-836.\t\t\t“Resulting bank” means a bank that has resulted\nfrom an interstate merger transaction under this article.\t\t\t“Virginia\nbank” means a bank whose home state is Virginia.\t\t\t“Virginia state\nbank” has the meaning assigned to it in § 6.2-836.\n\nHISTORY: 1995, c. 301, \u00a7 6.1-44.16; 2010, c. 794.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}