A. A person shall not engage in the trust business without first obtaining a certificate from the deputy director except as provided by subsection B or C of this section, or by section 6-852, subsection C.

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 6-853

  • Bank: means a corporation that holds a banking permit issued pursuant to chapter 2 of this title. See Arizona Laws 6-101
  • Certificate: means a certificate of authority issued under this chapter to engage in trust business. See Arizona Laws 6-851
  • 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.
  • Deputy director: means the deputy director of the financial institutions division of the department. See Arizona Laws 6-101
  • Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Trust business: means the holding out by a person to the public at large by advertising, solicitation or other means that the person is available to act as a fiduciary in this state and accepting and undertaking to perform the duties as such a fiduciary in the regular course of business. See Arizona Laws 6-851
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Arizona Laws 1-215

B. A bank, if a member of the federal deposit insurance corporation and otherwise authorized under the laws of the United States, this state or any other state to engage in the trust business in this state, may engage in that business as a bank without obtaining a certificate under this chapter, and shall not be subject to this article, except for section 6-859, subsection A and section 6-860.

C. If a savings and loan association or savings bank is a member of the federal deposit insurance corporation and is authorized under the laws of the United States, this state or any other state to engage in the trust business in this state, the savings and loan association or savings bank may engage in that business as a savings and loan association or savings bank without obtaining a certificate under this chapter and is not subject to this article, except for section 6-859, subsection A and section 6-860.