Section 6-05.1-01 - DefinitionsAs used in this chapter, unless the context plainly requires otherwise:
1. "Affiliated bank", with respect to a subsidiary trust company, means any of the following: a. A bank incorporated under the laws of this state, or a national banking association having its main office in this state, more than fifty percent of the voting stock of which is owned by the same owning bank holding company that owns more than fifty percent of the voting stock of such subsidiary trust company.b. A bank which owns shares of voting stock of such subsidiary trust company.2. "Fiduciary capacity" means a capacity resulting from a bank undertaking to act alone or jointly with others primarily for the benefit of another in all matters connected with its undertaking and includes the capacities of trustee, including trustee of a common trust fund, executor, administrator, personal representative, registrar, or transfer agent with respect to stocks, bonds, or other evidences of indebtedness of any corporation, association, municipality, state or public authority, guardian of estates, conservator, receiver, escrow agent, agent for the investment of money, attorney in fact, and any other similar capacity.3. "Main office", with respect to a subsidiary trust company or an affiliated bank, is the place designated in the articles of incorporation or articles of association of such subsidiary trust company or affiliated bank at which its principal functions are to be conducted.4. "Owning bank holding company", with respect to a subsidiary trust company or an affiliated bank, means a bank holding company as defined in the United States Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended.5. "Subsidiary trust company" means any trust company incorporated under the laws of this state, or any national banking association formed under the laws of the United States solely for the purpose of engaging in trust business with its main office in this state, more than fifty percent of the voting stock of which is owned by an owning bank holding company or by a bank having its main office in this state or by two or more banks each of which has its main office in this state, and which has as its sole purpose the conduct of trust business as defined in section 6-05-08. A subsidiary trust company may not conduct commercial banking business but may maintain deposits of funds of fiduciary accounts not currently invested.6. "Trust office", with respect to a subsidiary trust company, means an office, including the main office, of such subsidiary trust company maintained for the purpose of conducting its business.