§5-7A-23. Declaration of incorporation.

Before the issuing of such certificate by the superintendent a majority of the directors of such bank shall file in the office of the official or officials with which a certificate of incorporation would be filed under the business corporation laws of this state a declaration of incorporation, which shall show:

(1) The name to be assumed and used by the corporation;

(2) The objects of the corporation, among which shall be the conversion of a national bank with the name and description of the same, into a state bank with all the power and authority that may be exercised by a state bank;

(3) The location of its principal office;

(4) The amount of its total authorized capital and the amount of its paid-in capital;

(5) The name and post-office address of each officer and director;

(6) The time limit, if any, for the duration of the corporation; and

(7) A certificate, acknowledged before a notary public by a majority of the directors of the national bank so converted, that there has been transferred by the national bank, by a vote of the stockholders owning not less than a majority of the capital stock of such national bank, to such state bank into which it is converted, all the property and assets of said national bank.

(Acts 1980, No. 80-658, §5-7-23.)