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§ 9–203

Statutes in effect as of October 1, 2026.

Md. Code Ann., Fin. Inst. § 9-203 (2026)
Title 9. Savings and Loan Associations
Subtitle 2. Incorporation

§ 9–203Copy Citation

The name of a savings and loan association:
(1)
Need not indicate that it is a corporation;
(2)
Shall contain one of the following phrases or any combination of the words:
(i)
“Savings association”;
(ii)
“Building association”;
(iii)
“Savings and loan association”; or
(iv)
“Building and loan association”;
(3)
May not be similar in any material or misleading respect to the name of any other State or federal savings and loan association, except that a savings and loan association in operation before July 1, 1980 may continue to operate under its existing name; and
(4)
May not include the words “commercial”, “federal”, “government”, “guaranteed”, “insured”, “Maryland”, “national”, “trust”, “trustee”, or “United States”, except that a savings and loan association in operation before July 1, 1986 may continue to operate under its existing name.