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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>373569</law_id><section_number>6.2-1047</section_number><catch_line>Definitions</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><referred_to_by><reference>13.1-501</reference><reference>13.1-514</reference><reference>23.1-1015</reference><reference>6.2-1001</reference><reference>6.2-1065</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="10" identifier="6.2">Financial Institutions and Services</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="2" identifier="II">Depository Institutions and Trust Organizations</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="3" identifier="10">Entities Conducting Trust Business</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="2" identifier="3">Trust Subsidiaries</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>As used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning:</p><p>&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Affiliate bank</span>&#x201D; with respect to a <span class="dictionary">trust subsidiary</span> means (i) a bank of which more than 50 percent of the shares are owned directly or indirectly through a subsidiary by the same <span class="dictionary">Virginia bank holding company</span> that owns directly or indirectly through a subsidiary all the shares, except directors&#x2019; qualifying shares, of a <span class="dictionary">trust subsidiary</span> or a <span class="dictionary">subsidiary bank</span> or (ii) a bank that owns some or all of the shares of a <span class="dictionary">trust subsidiary</span> or a <span class="dictionary">subsidiary bank</span>.</p><p>&#x201C;Bank&#x201D; has the meaning assigned to it in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/6.2-800/">6.2-800</a>.</p><p>&#x201C;Bank holding company&#x201D; has the meaning assigned to it in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/6.2-800/">6.2-800</a>.</p><p>&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Bank under common ownership</span>&#x201D; means a bank of which 80 percent or more of its common stock is owned, directly or indirectly through a subsidiary, by the same <span class="dictionary">Virginia bank holding company</span> as owns, directly or indirectly through a subsidiary, at least 80 percent of the stock of the <span class="dictionary">subsidiary bank</span> substituted as fiduciary.</p><p>&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Fiduciary capacity</span>&#x201D; means every capacity in which a <span class="dictionary">trust institution</span> is granted the right to act pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Powers of trust institutions" href="/6.2-1002/">6.2-1002</a> and every other capacity in which a bank acts, or may act, through its trust department, including, without limitation, trusteeship with respect to common trust funds.</p><p>&#x201C;Main office&#x201D; is the place designated in the articles of incorporation or articles of association as the main office of the bank or <span class="dictionary">trust subsidiary</span> at which the principal functions of the bank or <span class="dictionary">trust subsidiary</span> are to be conducted.</p><p>&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Owning bank</span>&#x201D; means a bank owning 10 percent or more of the shares of a <span class="dictionary">trust subsidiary</span>.</p><p>&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Subsidiary bank</span>&#x201D; means a bank authorized to exercise trust powers, at least 80 percent of the outstanding shares of which are owned directly or indirectly through a subsidiary by a <span class="dictionary">Virginia bank holding company</span>.</p><p>&#x201C;Trust office&#x201D; means, with regard to a <span class="dictionary">trust subsidiary</span> or a bank having trust powers, an office for trust purposes only, at which the <span class="dictionary">trust subsidiary</span> or bank holds itself out as dealing with the public in the solicitation and conduct of its <span class="dictionary">trust business</span>.</p><p>&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Trust subsidiary under common ownership</span>&#x201D; means a trust subsidiary at least 80 percent or more of which is owned, directly or indirectly through a subsidiary, by the same <span class="dictionary">Virginia bank holding company</span> as owns, directly or indirectly through a subsidiary, at least 80 percent of the stock of the <span class="dictionary">subsidiary bank</span> substituted as fiduciary.</p><p>&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Virginia bank holding company</span>&#x201D; means a bank holding company that, directly or indirectly through a subsidiary, owns or controls a bank the main office of which is located in the Commonwealth.</p></section></text><history>1974, c. 286, &#xA7; 6.1-32.2; 1991, c. 282; 2010, c. 794; 2020, c. 239.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
