12 USC § 1882 - Security measures

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identifier: "/us/usc/t12/s1882"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "12 USC § 1882 - Security measures"
title_number: 12
title_name: "BANKS AND BANKING"
section_number: "1882"
section_name: "Security measures"
chapter_number: 19
chapter_name: "SECURITY MEASURES FOR BANKS AND SAVINGS ASSOCIATIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 90–389, § 3, July 7, 1968, 82 Stat. 295; Pub. L. 101–73, title IX, § 911(a), Aug. 9, 1989, 103 Stat. 478; Pub. L. 111–203, title III, § 356(2), July 21, 2010, 124 Stat. 1547.)"
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# § 1882. Security measures

**(a)** **Rules for installation, maintenance, and operation of security devices and procedures** July 7, 1968

Within six months from , each Federal supervisory agency shall promulgate rules establishing minimum standards with which each bank or savings association must comply with respect to the installation, maintenance, and operation of security devices and procedures, reasonable in cost, to discourage robberies, burglaries, and larcenies and to assist in the identification and apprehension of persons who commit such acts.

**(b)** **Time for compliance with standards** The rules shall establish the time limits within which banks and savings associations shall comply with the standards.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 90–389, § 3, July 7, 1968, 82 Stat. 295; Pub. L. 101–73, title IX, § 911(a), Aug. 9, 1989, 103 Stat. 478; Pub. L. 111–203, title III, § 356(2), July 21, 2010, 124 Stat. 1547.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2010— struck out “and loan” after “savings” in subsecs. (a) and (b).

1989—Subsec. (b).  struck out “and shall require the submission of periodic reports with respect to the installation, maintenance, and operation of security devices and procedures” before period at end.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2010 Amendment

Amendment by  effective on the transfer date, see , set out as a note under , The Congress.

### Effective Date of 1989 Amendment

Amendment by  applicable with respect to reports filed or required to be filed after , see , set out as a note under .