{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-7-1-628.9","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 7-1-628.9","heading":"Conditions under which out-of-state bank permitted to establish and maintain branches through in-state acquisition; conditions under which Georgia banks permitted to establish and maintain branches in another state through acquisition.","body":"(a) An out-of-state bank that does not have a branch in Georgia and whose deposits are federally insured may, upon obtaining the necessary approvals from its home state regulator, establish and maintain a branch in this state through the acquisition of a branch.\n(b) A Georgia state bank may establish and maintain a branch in another state through the acquisition of a branch in compliance with the provisions of this article, including, but not limited to, obtaining approval from the department prior to acquiring the branch.","path":["TITLE 7 Banking And Finance","CHAPTER 1 Financial Institutions","Article 2 Banks and Trust Companies","PART 20 Interstate Banking and Branching by Merger"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.07.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"1dea0244b16dcf8f0f688329fbb05a75360197d4b07cb2d34fab009bafc69734","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-7-1-628.8","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-7-1-628.10"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}