{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-6.2-836","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 6.2-836","heading":"Definitions","body":"As used in this article, unless a different meaning is required:\"Acquisition of a branch\" means the acquisition of a branch located in a host state, without acquiring the bank of such branch.\"Affiliate\" has the meaning assigned to it in 12 U.S.C. § 1841 (k) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. § 1841 et seq.), as amended.\"Bank\" has the meaning assigned to it in 12 U.S.C. § 1813 (a) (1) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Company Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. § 1811 et seq.), as amended.\"Bank holding company\" has the meaning assigned to it in 12 U.S.C. § 1841 (a) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. § 1841 et seq.), as amended.\"Commercial activities\" means activities in which a bank holding company, a financial holding company, a national bank, or a national bank financial subsidiary may not engage under federal law.\"De novo branch\" means a branch of a bank located in a host state which (i) is originally established by the bank as a branch and (ii) does not become a branch of the bank as a result of the acquisition of another bank or a branch of another bank, or the merger, consolidation, or conversion of any such bank or branch.\"Financial holding company\" has the meaning assigned to it in 12 U.S.C. § 1841 (p) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. § 1841 et seq.), as amended.\"Home state\" means:1. With respect to a national bank, the state in which the main office of the bank is located;2. With respect to a state bank, the state by which the bank is chartered;3. With respect to a foreign bank, the state determined to be the home state of such foreign bank under 12 U.S.C. § 3103 (c).\"Host state\" means a state, other than the home state of a bank, in which the bank maintains, or seeks to establish and maintain, a branch.\"Out-of-state bank\" means a bank whose home state is a state other than the Commonwealth.\"Out-of-state state bank\" means a bank chartered under the laws of any state other than the Commonwealth.\"Virginia state bank\" means a bank chartered under the laws of Virginia.1995, c. 301, § 6.1-44.2; 2007, c. 1; 2010, c. 794.","path":["Title 6.2. FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND SERVICES","Subtitle II. DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS AND TRUST ORGANIZATIONS","Chapter 8. BANKS","Article 6. INTERSTATE BRANCHING"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/6.2-836/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:34Z","sha256":"42299f2d65747b9b5245a58743df66bf310feff68cf3d2559616b345c5b8ec24","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-6.2-835","next":"us-va/va.-code-6.2-837"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}