Tennessee § 45-2-213 - Return of noncomplying applications — Effect of failure to return.
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§ 45-2-213. Return of noncomplying applications — Effect of failure to return.
If the application for a certificate of authority or any accompanying documents do not comply with the requirements of this chapter and chapter 1 of this title, the commissioner shall, within ten (10) business days after the receipt thereof, return them to the incorporators, calling attention to the defect or defects in the application. If the application and accompanying documents are not so returned within the ten-day period, they shall be deemed to have been filed with the commissioner. Acts 1969, ch. 36, § 1 (3.312); 1973, ch. 294, § 6; T.C.A., § 45-213; Acts 1996, ch. 768, § 12; 2007, ch. 29, § 1. Compiler's Notes. Acts 1996, ch. 768, which amended this section, is known and may be cited as the Bank Reform Act of 1996. Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 5 Tenn. Juris., Banks and Banking, § 5.
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