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<section article="gfi" article_name="Financial Institutions" number="1-210" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="General Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Account agreement” means one or more written instruments that establish when a certificate of deposit is payable.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Certificate of deposit” means a deposit or share account at a depository institution that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Is payable by the depository institution at the expiration of a specified time; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>May be transferable or nontransferable, negotiable or nonnegotiable, and renewable or nonrenewable.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>“Depository institution” means a State-chartered or federally chartered financial institution located in the State that is authorized to maintain certificates of deposit.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>“Maturity date” means the time specified in an account agreement when a certificate of deposit is first payable, without taking into account any agreement regarding renewals.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Subject to subsection (c) of this section, an action to enforce the obligation of a depository institution to pay all or part of the balance of a certificate of deposit must be commenced by the earlier of:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The time that an action to enforce an obligation under § 3-118(e) of the Commercial Law Article must be commenced, if the certificate of deposit is subject to that section; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>6 years after the later of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The maturity date of the certificate of deposit;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The due date of the certificate of deposit indicated in the depository institution’s last written notice of renewal of the certificate of deposit, if any;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The date of the last written communication from the depository institution recognizing the depository institution’s obligation to pay the certificate of deposit; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>The last day of the taxable year for which a person identified in the certificate of deposit last reported interest income earned on the certificate of deposit on a federal or State income tax return.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Notwithstanding subsection (b) of this section, an action to enforce the obligation of a depository institution to pay all or part of the balance of an automatically renewing certificate of deposit in existence on June 1, 2006, must be commenced by the later of:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>6 years after the later of the events described in subsection (b)(2)(i) through (iv) of this section; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>1 year after June 1, 2006.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
