TITLE 7 BANKING AND FINANCE

Section 1. Financial Institutions, 7-1-1 through 7-1-1021.

ARTICLE 5 INTERNATIONAL BANKING CORPORATIONS AND BANK AGENCIES

7-1-721. International representative offices.

1. An international bank agency which does not transact a banking business or any part thereof in or through an office in this state but maintains an office in this state for other purposes shall be deemed to have an "international representative office."
2. Each international representative office located in this state shall register with the Department of Banking and Finance annually on forms prescribed by the department. Such registration shall be filed in accordance with departmental regulation, shall be accompanied by a registration fee prescribed by regulations of the department, and shall list the name and telephone and facsimile numbers of the local representative, the street address of the office, and the nature of the business to be transacted in or through the office.
3. The department may review the operations of any international representative office annually or at such greater frequency as it deems necessary to assure that the office does not transact a banking business.

(Code 1933, § 41A-3312, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 1712, § 2; Ga. L. 1995, p. 673, § 32.)