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12 U.S.C. § 191

Appointment of receiver for a national bank

United States · Title 12 — BANKS AND BANKING · Status: effective

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12 U.S.C. § 191, Appointment of receiver for a national bank, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/437182
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The Comptroller of the Currency may, without prior notice or hearings, appoint a receiver for any national bank (and such receiver shall be the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation if the national bank is an insured bank (as defined in section 1813(h) of this title)) if the Comptroller determines, in the Comptroller’s discretion, that— If the Comptroller of the Currency appoints a receiver under subsection (a), the national bank may, within 30 days thereafter, bring an action in the United States district court for the judicial district in which the home office of such bank is located, or in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, for an order requiring the Comptroller of the Currency to remove the receiver, and the court shall, upon the merits, dismiss such action or direct the Comptroller of the Currency to remove the receiver.

Legislative history

The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.

  • Amended byPub. L. 102-242(S. 543)1991-12-19
    Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act of 1991
    House: no recorded tallySenate: 68–15
  • Amended byPub. L. 102-550(H.R. 5334)1992-10-28
    Housing and Community Development Act of 1992
    House: 377–37Senate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 109-351(S. 2856)2006-10-13
    Financial Services Regulatory Relief Act of 2006
    House: 417–0Senate: no recorded tally