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12 USC § 214c - Conversions in contravention of State law 

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identifier: "/us/usc/t12/s214c"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "12 USC § 214c - Conversions in contravention of State law"
title_number: 12
title_name: "BANKS AND BANKING"
section_number: "214c"
section_name: "Conversions in contravention of State law"
chapter_number: 2
chapter_name: "NATIONAL BANKS"
subchapter_number: "XV"
subchapter_name: "CONVERSION OF NATIONAL BANKS INTO STATE BANKS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 17, 1950, ch. 729, § 4, 64 Stat. 456; July 12, 1952, ch. 696, 66 Stat. 590; Sept. 3, 1954, ch. 1263, § 25, 68 Stat. 1235.)"
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# § 214c. Conversions in contravention of State law

section 321 of this titlesection 214a of this title

No conversion of a national banking association into a State bank or its merger or consolidation with a State bank shall take place under this subchapter and  in contravention of the law of the State in which the national banking association is located; and no such conversion, merger, or consolidation shall take place under said sections unless under the law of the State in which such national banking association is located State banks may without approval by any State authority convert into and merge or consolidate with national banking associations under limitations or conditions no more restrictive than those contained in  with respect to the conversion of a national bank into, or merger or consolidation of a national bank with, a State bank under State charter.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 17, 1950, ch. 729, § 4, 64 Stat. 456; July 12, 1952, ch. 696, 66 Stat. 590; Sept. 3, 1954, ch. 1263, § 25, 68 Stat. 1235.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1954—Act , substituted “this subchapter and ” for “sections 214 to 214c, 264(e)(2), (i)(2), (v)(4), and 321 of this title”.

1952—Act , amended section so that the limitation of this section beyond which State law cannot go will be measured by the standard set out in  for National-to-State conversions.