{"data":{"id":"us-az/a.r.s.-6-201","jurisdiction":"us-az","citation":"A.R.S. § 6-201","heading":"Authority to engage in banking business; exception","body":"A. No person, except a national banking association with its home office in this state or bank authorized to do business in this state pursuant to section 6-217 or section 6-322, subsection A, shall engage in the banking business in this state without a banking permit.\n\nB. For the purposes of this section, a person engaged in the business of receiving money on deposit subject to payment by check or any other form of order or request or on presentation of a certificate of deposit or any other evidence of debt is engaged in the banking business.\n\nC. Nothing in this section shall prohibit a savings and loan association qualified to do business in this state from performing any acts authorized by chapter 3 of this title, a credit union qualified to do business in this state from performing any act authorized by chapter 4 of this title, a licensee or authorized delegate under chapter 12 of this title from performing any act regulated by that chapter or a trust company qualified to do business in this state that maintains savings accounts or time deposits pursuant to section 6-882 from performing any act authorized by chapter 8 of this title.","path":["Title 6 Banks and Financial Institutions"],"source_url":"https://www.azleg.gov/ars/6/00201.htm","current_through":"2026-09-04","vintage":"2026-08-09","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T00:49:56Z","sha256":"c19903faacd5262f594d5609791132a6bf0f73f27b80850e86677ba9a9390fb4","source_id":"us-az","stale":true,"prev":"us-az/a.r.s.-6-193","next":"us-az/a.r.s.-6-202"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}