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<section article="gfi" article_name="Financial Institutions" number="3-309" title_number="3" title_name="Banking Institutions -- Commercial Banks" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Capital Stock; Surplus Requirements; Stockholders">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Each commercial bank shall keep a stock ledger, which shall contain the name and address of each stockholder and the number of shares of stock that the stockholder holds.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>In any proceeding, the stock ledger is presumptive evidence of the facts stated in it.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Any stockholder, director, or officer of a commercial bank may inspect the stock ledger during usual business hours.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Failure to show the stock ledger to an individual on that individual’s rightful demand subjects the officer responsible for the failure to a civil penalty of $50, payable to the Commissioner.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
