RS 6:575 Powers - Louisiana Statutes

§575.  Powers

A.  A trust company shall have all powers necessary to conduct fiduciary and trust functions.  However, a trust company does not have the power to solicit, receive, or accept money or its equivalent on deposit, or to lend money, except in transactions reasonably related to and derived from its service as fiduciary.

B.  A trust company may deposit cash, whether constituting principal or income, in any financial institution whether in Louisiana or any other state, if the account is held either in the name of the trust to which the cash belongs or in the name of the trust company, and is composed entirely of cash belonging to trust accounts, the respective contributions of which are reflected in  the books and records of the trust company.

C.  A trust company may not use as a part of the name or title under which its business is conducted or in designating its business the word or words "bank", "banker", or "banking" or the plural of or any abbreviation of those words.  A trust company shall include as a part of its name the word "trust" unless otherwise approved by the commissioner for good cause shown.

Acts 2003, No. 573, §1, eff. June 27, 2003.