12 USC § 2126 - Retirement of stock

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title: "12 USC § 2126 - Retirement of stock"
title_number: 12
title_name: "BANKS AND BANKING"
section_number: "2126"
section_name: "Retirement of stock"
chapter_number: 23
chapter_name: "FARM CREDIT SYSTEM"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "BANKS FOR COOPERATIVES"
part_number: "A"
part_name: "Banks for Cooperatives"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 92–181, title III, § 3.5, Dec. 10, 1971, 85 Stat. 604; Pub. L. 96–592, title III, § 303, Dec. 24, 1980, 94 Stat. 3444; Pub. L. 99–205, title II, § 205(e)(6), Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1705; Pub. L. 100–233, title VIII, § 802(p), Jan. 6, 1988, 101 Stat. 1712; Pub. L. 115–334, title V, § 5411(6), Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4679.)"
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# § 2126. Retirement of stock

*Provided, however*

Nonvoting investment stock and participation certificates may be called for retirement at par. With the approval of the issuing bank, the holder may elect not to have the called stock or participation certificates retired in response to a call, reserving the right to have such stock or participation certificates included in the next call for retirement. Voting stock may also be retired at par, on call or on such revolving basis as the board may determine with due regard for its total capital needs: , That all equities in the banks issued or allocated with respect to 1971 and prior years shall be retired on a revolving basis according to the year of issue with the oldest outstanding equities being first retired. Equities issued for subsequent years shall not be called or retired until equities described in the preceding sentence of this proviso have been retired.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 92–181, title III, § 3.5, Dec. 10, 1971, 85 Stat. 604; Pub. L. 96–592, title III, § 303, Dec. 24, 1980, 94 Stat. 3444; Pub. L. 99–205, title II, § 205(e)(6), Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1705; Pub. L. 100–233, title VIII, § 802(p), Jan. 6, 1988, 101 Stat. 1712; Pub. L. 115–334, title V, § 5411(6), Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4679.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018— struck out “district” before “banks issued or allocated”.

1988— struck out “with approval of the Farm Credit Administration” after “board may determine”.

1985— substituted “Nonvoting investment stock” for “Any nonvoting stock held by the Governor of the Farm Credit Administration shall be retired to the extent required by  before any other outstanding voting or nonvoting stock or participation certificates shall be retired except as may be otherwise authorized by the Farm Credit Administration. When those requirements have been satisfied, nonvoting investment stock”, and substituted “Voting” for “When the requirements of  have been met, voting”.

1980— inserted provisions respecting applicability to participation certificates and struck out provisions relating to maximum amount of fair book value at retirement.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1985 Amendment

Amendment by  effective thirty days after , see , set out as a note under .