---
title: O.C.G.A. § 7-1-624. Prohibited acquisitions.
collection: code
id: 7-1-624
cite_as: O.C.G.A. § 7-1-624 (2025)
canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/7-1-624
md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/7-1-624.md
text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/7-1-624/text
source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/document/docs/default-source/joint-features-document-library/t7-t8-(v5)-2024-pdf.pdf?sfvrsn=6386add7_0#page=336
date: 2025
status: active
corpus_version: 2025-supplement-89aa39ab3c68
license: CC0-1.0
publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. Not legal advice.
up: https://georgiacommons.org/code/7-1.md
previous: https://georgiacommons.org/code/7-1-623.md
next: https://georgiacommons.org/code/7-1-625.md
index: https://georgiacommons.org/code/index.md
version: the only printed version
in_force: true
current_through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly
heading_path: BANKING AND FINANCE / FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS / BANKS AND TRUST COMPANIES / INTERSTATE ACQUISITIONS OF BANKS AND BANK HOLDING COMPANIES
---

# O.C.G.A. § 7-1-624. Prohibited acquisitions.

(a) Except as expressly permitted under this part, Part 20 of this article, or by federal law, no bank holding company may acquire a bank or a bank holding company controlling a bank chartered by the department.

(b) In the event any bank holding company makes an acquisition that is prohibited by this part, the commissioner shall require such bank holding company to divest itself immediately of its direct or indirect ownership or control of any Georgia banks or banking offices located in Georgia. The commissioner shall also have the power to enforce any other prohibitions in this part by requiring divestitures of nonconforming banks, bank holding companies, or assets. Alternatively, the commissioner shall have the power to impose fines and penalties or exercise such other remedies as are provided in this chapter, including, but not limited to, judicial actions.

## History

Code 1981, § 7-1-623, enacted by Ga. L. 1984, p. 1467, § 1; Ga. L. 1985, p. 149, § 7; Ga. L. 1994, p. 215, § 4; Code 1981, § 7-1-624, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1996, p. 279, § 1; Ga. L. 1997, p. 143, § 7; Ga. L. 2016, p. 390, § 2-20/HB 811.

## Editor's Notes

Ga. L. 1996, p. 279, § 1, effective April 1, 1996, redesignated former Code Section 7-1-624 as present Code Section 7-1-625.