A. It is unlawful for any corporation to carry on or conduct a trust company business or to advertise or hold itself out as being engaged in or doing a trust company business or to use in connection with its business the words "trust company" or words of similar import without first having complied with all the provisions of law relating to trust companies. All officers, directors or trustees of any corporation violating this section are guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) or imprisonment in the county jail for a definite term not exceeding one year or both.

B. Any person refusing or obstructing access to the director to any books, records or papers, refusing to furnish required information or hindering a full examination of the books, accounts, papers or finances of a trust company is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) or imprisonment in the county jail for a definite term not exceeding one year or both.

History: 1953 Comp., § 48-24-12, enacted by Laws 1973, ch. 191, § 12; 2018, ch. 64, § 11.

The 2018 amendment, effective July 1, 2018, provided penalties for hindering or obstructing an examination of any trust company records or papers or for refusing to furnish required information of a trust company; added subsection designation "A."; in Subsection A, after "It", deleted "shall be" and added "is", after "violating this section", deleted "shall be" and added "are", and after "exceeding one year or both", deleted "such fine and imprisonment"; and added Subsection B.

Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 9 C.J.S. Banks and Banking § 31.