12 CFR § 209.5 - The share register.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t12/s209.5"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "12 CFR § 209.5 - The share register."
title_number: 12
title_name: "Banks and Banking"
section_number: "209.5"
section_name: "The share register."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM"
part_number: "209"
part_name: "FEDERAL RESERVE BANK CAPITAL STOCK (REGULATION I)"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "12 U.S.C. 12 U.S.C. 222, 248, 282, 286-288, 289, 321, 323, 327-328, and 466."
regulatory_source: "63 FR 37663, July 13, 1998, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "209"
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# 209.5 The share register.

(a) *Electronic or written record.* A member bank's holding of Reserve Bank capital stock shall be represented by one (or at the option of the Reserve Bank, more than one) notation on the Reserve Bank's books. Such books may be electronic or in writing. Upon any issue or cancellation of Reserve Bank capital stock, the Reserve Bank shall record the member bank's new share position in its books (or eliminate the bank's share position from its books, as the case may be).

(b) *Certification.* A Reserve Bank may certify on request as to the number of shares held by a member bank and purchased before March 28, 1942, or as to the purchase and cancellation dates and prices of shares cancelled, as the case may be.