Subdivision 1. Bank, banker, banking. No individual, partnership, unincorporated association, or corporation, except as specifically authorized by the laws of this state, who does not hold an effective certificate of authority, issued by the commissioner of commerce, to engage in the business of banking and is not subject to and complying with all the provisions of law relating to banks shall engage in such business, or make use of the words "bank," "banker," or "banking," or any derivative or compound of any such words, or any word or words in a foreign language having the same or a similar meaning, in its business name or in any sign, symbol, token, letterhead, circular, advertisement, or any other written or printed matter, in such manner as might indicate to any person that such individual, partnership, unincorporated association, or corporation is authorized to engage in the business of banking. This subdivision shall not apply to any holding company affiliate or affiliate as defined in the Act of Congress, known as the Banking Act of 1933, nor to any insurance company authorized to engage in the insurance business in the state of Minnesota.
Subd. 2. Violations. Every individual, partnership, unincorporated association, or corporation which shall violate any of the provisions of this section shall forfeit to the state the sum of not to exceed $100 for each day the violation shall continue, as determined by the court, to be recovered in a civil action to be brought by the attorney general in the name of the state at the request of the commissioner of commerce, and may be enjoined from any further violation in an action brought in the name of the state for that purpose.
History:(7637) 1907 c 111 s 2; 1945 c 133 s 1; 1983 c 289 s 114 subd 1; 1984 c 655 art 1 s 92