Alabama § 5-5A-14 - Capital - Minimum Amount Required for Incorporation of Bank.

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§ 5-5A-14. Capital - Minimum Amount Required for Incorporation of Bank.

(a) No bank hereafter organized under the laws of Alabama shall have total initial capital accounts actually paid in of less than $800,000.00.

(b) The superintendent may require a higher amount of capital accounts and where the bank will have no significance except as a means of acquiring the assets or the voting shares of an existing bank, the superintendent may require a lesser amount of capital accounts.

Source: official Alabama text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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