Virginia § 6.2-901 - Assistance in making examinations

§ 6.2-901. Assistance in making examinations

A. Upon the making of any examination under the provisions of § 6.2-898, 6.2-899, or 6.2-900, the officers, directors and employees of the bank being examined or the affiliate of which is being examined, upon the demand of the person or officer designated to make such examination shall:

1. Give to such examiner full access to all the money, books, papers, notes, bills, and other evidences of debts due to the bank;

2. Disclose fully and accurately all indebtedness and liability thereof; and

3. Furnish all information that the examiner may deem necessary to a full investigation into the affairs of such bank.

B. The examiner shall have the right to examine, under oath, any and all of the directors, officers, clerks, and employees in any manner connected with the operation of any bank touching any matter or thing pertaining to the examination, and for that purpose shall have authority to administer oaths to them.

C. When any bank shall utilize an independent data processing service, the operations of such independent data processing firm and its records pertaining to any bank being examined shall be open to inspection by examiners. Access to such operations and information shall be a prerequisite to the use of such independent data processing services by any bank regulated hereunder.

D. The Commission may impose a civil penalty of not less than $25 but not exceeding $100 per day for each day of noncompliance upon any officer of any bank who it determines, in proceedings commenced in accordance with the Commission's Rules, has refused to give any examiner the information, or refuse to be sworn, as required by this section.

Code 1950, §§ 6-109, 6-128; 1966, c. 584, §§ 6.1-87, 6.1-114; 1974, c. 665; 1976, c. 658; 1988, c. 555; 1997, c. 142; 2010, c. 794.