New Jersey § 17:9a-444
Full text of New Jersey New Jersey Statutes § 17:9a-444, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 17:9a-444.
a. No foreign bank which is licensed to establish an agency or branch office shall
relocate that office unless the commissioner shall have first approved the relocation
and issued a license authorizing the bank to establish the office at the new site. b. If the commissioner finds the following with respect to an application by a foreign
bank to relocate any agency or branch office, the commissioner shall approve the application: (1) If the new site of the office is in the same vicinity as the old site: (a) That it will not be unsafe or unsound for the bank to relocate the office; and (b) That the relocation of the office will not be substantially detrimental to the
public convenience and advantage, or that the relocation is necessary in the interests
of the safety and soundness of the bank; or (2) If the new site of the office is not in the same vicinity as the old site: (a) That the bank's plan to relocate the office and to establish the office at the
new site affords reasonable promise of successful operation; (b) That the relocation of the office from the old site will not be substantially
detrimental to the public convenience and advantage in the area which is primarily
served by the office at the old site, or that the relocation is necessary in the interests
of the safety and soundness of the bank; and (c) That the relocation of the office to the new site will promote the public convenience
and advantage. If the commissioner finds otherwise, the commissioner shall deny the application. c. Whenever an application by a foreign bank to relocate an agency or branch office
has been approved and all conditions precedent to the issuance of a license authorizing
the bank to establish the office at the new site have been fulfilled, the commissioner
shall issue the license. d. Promptly after a foreign bank which is licensed to establish an agency or branch
office relocates the office, the bank shall surrender to the commissioner the license
which authorized it to establish the office at the old site.
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