Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 06.15.190

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, organization, business trust, or society, as well as a natural person. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060

A mutual bank may accept deposits to be held solely and absolutely in its own right by or in trust or other fiduciary capacity for any person, including an adult or minor individual, male or female, single or married, a partnership, nonprofit organization, association, fiduciary, corporation, or political subdivision or public or governmental unit. The bank may issue a passbook or other evidence of its obligation to repay the deposits.