1. An officer or employee may be removed by the board of directors whenever in its judgment the best interests of the state bank shall be served by such removal, but the removal shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the officer or employee so removed. Election of an officer shall not of itself create contract rights.

Terms Used In Iowa Code 524.707

  • Affiliate: means the same as defined in section 524. See Iowa Code 524.103
  • Bank: means a corporation organized under this chapter, a national bank, a federal savings association, or an out-of-state bank. See Iowa Code 524.103
  • Board: means the engineering and land surveying examining board provided by this chapter. See Iowa Code 542B.2
  • Contract: means the same as defined in section 554D. See Iowa Code 554E.1
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Officer: means chief executive officer, executive officer, or any other administrative official of a state bank elected by the state bank's board of directors to carry out any of the state bank's operating rules and policies. See Iowa Code 524.103
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • State bank: means any bank incorporated pursuant to the provisions of this chapter after January 1, 1970, and any "state bank" incorporated pursuant to the laws of this state and doing business as such on January 1, 1970, or a bank organized as a mutual corporation under this chapter. See Iowa Code 524.103
  • Superintendent: means the superintendent of banking of this state. See Iowa Code 524.103
  • Trust company: means a business organization which is authorized to engage in trust business pursuant to section 524. See Iowa Code 524.103
 2. Section 524.606, subsection 2, which provides for the removal of directors by the superintendent, shall have equal application to officers and employees of a state bank, bank holding company, bank affiliate, or trust company.