12 USC § 325 - Examinations

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identifier: "/us/usc/t12/s325"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "12 USC § 325 - Examinations"
title_number: 12
title_name: "BANKS AND BANKING"
section_number: "325"
section_name: "Examinations"
chapter_number: 3
chapter_name: "FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM"
subchapter_number: "VIII"
subchapter_name: "STATE BANKS AS MEMBERS OF SYSTEM"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Dec. 23, 1913, ch. 6, § 9 (par.), as added June 21, 1917, ch. 32, § 3, 40 Stat. 233; amended Aug. 23, 1935, ch. 614, title II, § 203(a), 49 Stat. 704.)"
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# § 325. Examinations

As a condition of membership such banks shall likewise be subject to examinations made by direction of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or of the Federal reserve bank by examiners selected or approved by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

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**Source Credit**: (Dec. 23, 1913, ch. 6, § 9 (par.), as added June 21, 1917, ch. 32, § 3, 40 Stat. 233; amended Aug. 23, 1935, ch. 614, title II, § 203(a), 49 Stat. 704.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section is comprised of the seventh par. of section 9 of act , as amended. The seventh par. constituted the fifth par. of section 9 in 1917 (), became the sixth par. in 1927 (), and became the seventh par. in 1950 (). For further details, see Codification note set out under .

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Change of Name

Section 203(a) of act , changed name of Federal Reserve Board to Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.