Financial institutions under the jurisdiction of the state banking board may invest in stock and equity instruments of the federal agricultural mortgage corporation. The state banking board may adopt rules governing investments by North Dakota financial institutions in the stock and equity instruments of the federal agricultural mortgage corporation.

Terms Used In North Dakota Code 6-03-47.4

  • Banking: means the business of receiving deposits, making loans, discounting commercial paper, issuing drafts, traveler's checks, and similar instruments, handling and making collections, cashing checks and drafts, and buying and selling exchange. See North Dakota Code 6-01-02
  • board: when used in this title includes the state banking board and the state credit union board. See North Dakota Code 6-01-03
  • 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.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49