RS 6:551.6: Filing requirements

Before transacting business in this state through a state agency, branch, or office a foreign bank shall file with the commissioner:

(1) A duly authenticated copy of its articles of incorporation and bylaws or other constitutive documents, and if a copy is in a language other than English, a translation of the document, under the oath of the translator, must be attached.

(2) A duly executed instrument, by its terms of indefinite duration and irrevocable, appointing the commissioner as its agent for service of process on whom a notice or process issued by a court in this state may be served in an action or proceeding relating to the business of the foreign bank in this state.

(3) A written certificate of designation, which may be changed from time to time by the filing of a new certificate of designation, specifying the name and address of the officer, agent, or other person to whom such notice or process shall be forwarded by the commissioner.