12 CFR § 7.2008 - Oath of national bank directors.

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title: "12 CFR § 7.2008 - Oath of national bank directors."
title_number: 12
title_name: "Banks and Banking"
section_number: "7.2008"
section_name: "Oath of national bank directors."
chapter_name: "COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY"
part_number: "7"
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regulatory_source: "61 FR 4862, Feb. 9, 1996, unless otherwise noted."
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# 7.2008 Oath of national bank directors.

(a) *Administration of the oath.* The oath of directors must be administered by:

(1) A notary public, including one who is a director but not an officer of the national bank; or

(2) Any person, including one who is a director but not an officer of the national bank, having an official seal and authorized by the State to administer oaths.

(b) *Execution of the oath.* Each national bank director must execute either a joint or individual oath at the first meeting of the board of directors that the director attends after the director is appointed or elected. A national bank director must take another oath upon re-election, notwithstanding uninterrupted service. Appropriate sample oaths may be found in the Charter Booklet of the Comptroller's Licensing Manual available at *www.occ.gov.*

(c) *Filing and recordkeeping.* A national bank must file the original executed oaths of directors with the appropriate OCC licensing office, as defined in 12 CFR 5.3, and retain a copy in the bank's records.

[61 FR 4862, Feb. 9, 1996, as amended at 64 FR 60099, Nov. 4, 1999; 82 FR 8104, Jan. 23, 2017; 85 FR 80470, Dec. 11, 2020; 85 FR 83735, Dec. 22, 2020]