N.Y. Banking Law Section 28
Change of location

  • change of designation of principal office
  • approval or refusal
  • certificate
Upon receipt by the superintendent of a written application in proper form from any banking organization or foreign corporation for leave to change its place or one of its places of business to another place or from any banking organization for leave to change the designation of its principal office to a branch office and to change the designation of one of its branch offices to its principal office, the superintendent shall, if he or she shall be satisfied that such change may be permitted under the terms of this chapter and that there is no reasonable objection to such change, execute and issue a certificate under the official seal of the department authorizing such change and specifying the date on or after which such change may be made, and shall cause the original of such certificate to be transmitted to the applicant, a copy to be filed in the office of the department and a copy to be filed in the office of the clerk of the county in which the principal office of the applicant is located, provided that if the proposed principal office is in a different county than the county in which the principal office is located at the time of the filing of the application, the superintendent shall cause copies to be filed in the offices of the clerks of both counties. If the superintendent shall be satisfied in any case that such change is undesirable or inexpedient, he or she shall refuse such application and notify the applicant of such determination.

Source: Section 28 — Change of location; change of designation of principal office; approval or refusal; certificate, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/BNK/28 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Nov. 1, 2025).

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Declaration of policy 11
Department of financial services 12–A
Power of state chartered banking institutions to exercise the rights of counterpart federally chartered banking institutions 14
Additional powers of the superintendent 14–A
Rate of interest 14–B
Power of the superintendent of financial services to prescribe minimum rate of interest on mortgage escrow accounts 14–C
Power of the superintendent of financial services to prescribe criteria for disclosure of information on savings and time accounts 14–D
Power of the superintendent of financial services to prescribe a reasonable period of time permitting the drawing on items received for d... 14–E
Power of the superintendent to authorize the operation of savings banks and savings and loan associations in stock form 14–F
Power of the superintendent of financial services to require the provision of basic banking services 18
Fees for copies and certifications 18–A
Application fees 18–B
Holocaust reparations payment fees 19
Assessments for deficiency in reserves against deposits 20
Assessments, penalties and forfeitures entitled to priority 21
Collection of assessments, penalties and forfeitures 22
Fingerprints 23
Acceptance or rejection of certificate 24
Investigation by superintendent 25
Authorization certificate 25–A
Authority of superintendent to file organization certificate and issue authorization certificate under certain conditions 26
Licenses to foreign banking corporations 27
Exchange and examination of securities 28
Change of location 28–A
Temporary change of location 28–B
Credit needs of local communities 28–BB
Credit needs of local communities 28–C
Branch office closings 29
Branch offices 30
Unclaimed amounts 31
Index of persons entitled to unclaimed amounts 32
Insurance of deposits and share accounts 33
Reserve depositaries 34
Superintendent as attorney to accept service of process 35
Information pamphlet for residential mortgage applicants 36
Examinations 36–A
Reports of lending by banking organizations 36–B
Preservation of books and records 37
Reports to superintendent 37–A
Submission of annual reports by the Holocaust claims processing office 38
Power of subpoena 39
Orders of superintendent 40
Revocation of authorization certificate or license or suspension of activities in certain cases 41
Removal and prohibition 42
Official acts of superintendent and details of department business to be made public 44
Violations 44–A
Violations and penalties 45
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Verified:
Nov. 1, 2025

Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

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