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12 USC § 1754 - Approval of organization certificate 

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identifier: "/us/usc/t12/s1754"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "12 USC § 1754 - Approval of organization certificate"
title_number: 12
title_name: "BANKS AND BANKING"
section_number: "1754"
section_name: "Approval of organization certificate"
chapter_number: 14
chapter_name: "FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL PROVISIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(June 26, 1934, ch. 750, title I, § 104, formerly § 4, 48 Stat. 1217; 1947 Reorg. Plan No. 1, § 401, eff. July 1, 1947, 12 F.R. 4534, 61 Stat. 952; June 29, 1948, ch. 711, §§ 1, 2, 62 Stat. 1091; renumbered § 5 and amended Pub. L. 86–354, § 1, Sept. 22, 1959, 73 Stat. 629; Pub. L. 91–206, § 2(1), Mar. 10, 1970, 84 Stat. 49; renumbered title I, § 104, Pub. L. 91–468, § 1(2), Oct. 19, 1970, 84 Stat. 994; amended Pub. L. 95–630, title V, § 502(b), Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3681.)"
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# § 1754. Approval of organization certificate

The organization certificate shall be presented to the Board for approval. Before any organization certificate is approved, an appropriate investigation shall be made for the purpose of determining (1) whether the organization certificate conforms to the provisions of this chapter; (2) the general character and fitness of the subscribers thereto; and (3) the economic advisability of establishing the proposed Federal credit union. Upon approval of such organization certificate by the Board it shall be the charter of the corporation, and one of the originals thereof shall be delivered to the corporation after the payment of the fee required therefor. Upon such approval the Federal credit union shall be a body corporate and as such, subject to the limitations herein contained, shall be vested with all of the powers and charged with all of the liabilities conferred and imposed by this chapter upon corporations organized hereunder.

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**Source Credit**: (June 26, 1934, ch. 750, title I, § 104, formerly § 4, 48 Stat. 1217; 1947 Reorg. Plan No. 1, § 401, eff. July 1, 1947, 12 F.R. 4534, 61 Stat. 952; June 29, 1948, ch. 711, §§ 1, 2, 62 Stat. 1091; renumbered § 5 and amended Pub. L. 86–354, § 1, Sept. 22, 1959, 73 Stat. 629; Pub. L. 91–206, § 2(1), Mar. 10, 1970, 84 Stat. 49; renumbered title I, § 104, Pub. L. 91–468, § 1(2), Oct. 19, 1970, 84 Stat. 994; amended Pub. L. 95–630, title V, § 502(b), Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3681.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1978— substituted “Board” for “Administrator” in two places.

1970— substituted “Administrator” for “Director” in two places.

1959— substituted “The” for “Any such” in first sentence and transferred second sentence to make it last sentence.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1978 Amendment

Amendment by  effective on expiration of 120 days after , and transitional provisions, see , set out as a note under .

## Executive Documents

### Transfer of Functions

Transfer of functions of Farm Credit Administration and Governor thereof, generally, see notes set out under .

Functions of Governor of Farm Credit Administration under this section transferred to Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation by Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1947.