(a) Loans Secured by Deposit Accounts or Capital Stock. Every association has the power to make loans secured by deposit accounts with the association to the extent of the withdrawal value thereof. Unless approved in writing by the commissioner, no association shall make a loan to any person if the loan is secured in whole or in part by issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of any kind or class of the association.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 45-3-703

  • Association: means a capital stock or mutual savings and loan association. See Tennessee Code 45-3-104
  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of financial institutions. See Tennessee Code 45-3-104
  • Deposit: means a deposit of money, bonds or other things of value, creating a debtor-creditor relationship. See Tennessee Code 45-1-103
  • Home: means a structure designed for residential use by not more than four (4) families or a single condominium unit, including common elements pertinent thereto, designed for residential use by one (1) family in a multiple dwelling unit structure or complex, and includes fixtures. See Tennessee Code 45-3-104
  • Mobile home: means a dwelling designed for occupancy by a single family unit, which may be permanently affixed to real property, and is designed to be movable from one (1) location to another. See Tennessee Code 45-3-104
  • Person: means an individual, firm, partnership, joint venture, trust, estate, unincorporated association, company, or corporation organized under the laws of this or any other state, the United States or foreign country. See Tennessee Code 45-3-104
  • Property: includes both personal and real property. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Withdrawal value: means the amount paid to an association on a deposit account, plus interest credited thereto, less lawful deductions therefrom, as shown by the books of the association. See Tennessee Code 45-3-104
(b) Improvement Loans. Every association has the power to make property improvement loans made pursuant to any title of the National Housing Act, as the act may be amended from time to time, and to make other loans, secured or unsecured, to homeowners and other property owners for the maintenance, repair, alteration, modernization, landscaping, improvement, including new construction, furnishing or equipping of their properties, subject to limitations, terms, and conditions that may be established by rules and regulations of the commissioner.
(c) Mobile Home Loans. Every association has the power to make loans made for the purpose of mobile home financing, subject to limitations and conditions prescribed by the commissioner, including, but not limited to, any limitations as to the maximum amount of all the loans by each association.
(d) Loans Secured by Loans. Every association has the power to make loans secured by the pledge of loans or investments of a type in which the association is authorized to invest; provided, that the loans or investments so pledged shall be subject to all requirements that would be applicable were the association to originate the loans or investments.
(e) Other Loans. Every association has the power to invest in other loans not specifically referred to in this section if the powers are granted to federal associations in Tennessee, in the manner that the commissioner may by rule permit.
(f) Participation – Power to Hold and Sell Loans. The power granted to every association to make loans pursuant to this chapter also includes the power to participate with other lenders in the making of the loans, and includes the power to hold and sell the loans at the times and upon the terms and conditions that the board of directors of each association determines.