{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-31a-8f-12","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 31A-8F-12","heading":"Representative office of foreign banks; necessity of licensure.","body":"(a) No foreign bank shall establish or maintain a West Virginia state representative office unless the foreign bank is licensed by the commissioner to maintain a West Virginia representative office.\n(b) Nothing in subsection (a) of this section shall be deemed to prohibit a foreign bank which maintains a federal agency or federal branch in this state from establishing or maintaining one or more West Virginia representative offices.","path":["CHAPTER 31A. BANKS AND BANKING.","ARTICLE 8F. THE WEST VIRGINIA INTERNATIONAL BANKING ACT."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/31A-8F-12/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:27:58Z","sha256":"b2c6932e5dcb6ec1aec74ead82fb0ce2b155dbb8e4433c30fce5153424c58e67","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-31a-8f-11","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-31a-8f-13"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}