32-2-405. Pledging association assets. - Montana Statutes

     32-2-405. Pledging association assets. (1) The assets and securities of an association may not be pledged to secure its borrowed money or for any other purpose without the consent of the department. However, if the department determines that it is advisable to pledge assets in order that funds may be secured, it may authorize the pledging. The margin of security pledged may not exceed 25% of the funds so borrowed except when funds are borrowed from the federal home loan bank.
     (2) An association may borrow money from the federal home loan bank upon the terms required by the federal home loan bank, may execute the promissory note of the corporation for the loan, and may pledge any of the assets of the corporation to secure the repayment of the loan, with interest, in accordance with the Federal Home Loan Bank Act and the rules adopted under it.

     History: En. Sec. 12, Ch. 57, L. 1927; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 163, L. 1929; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 11, L. 1933; re-en. Sec. 6355.13, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 80, L. 1939; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 164, L. 1943; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 337, L. 1975; amd. Sec. 72, Ch. 431, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 7-113(part).