---
kind: "section"
citation: "12 C.F.R. § 208.31"
title: "12"
number: "208.31"
heading: "State member banks as transfer agents."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/12/208.31"
---

# §208.31. State member banks as transfer agents.

- (a) The rules adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) pursuant to section 17A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ([15 U.S.C. 78q-l](/usc/15/78q-l.md)) prescribing procedures for registration of transfer agents for which the SEC is the appropriate regulatory agency ([17 CFR 240.17Ac2-1](/cfr/17/240.17Ac2-1.md)) apply to member bank transfer agents. References to the “Commission” are deemed to refer to the Board.
- (b) The rules adopted by the SEC pursuant to [section 17A](/cfr/12/17A.md) prescribing operational and reporting requirements for transfer agents (17 CFR [240.17Ac2-2](/cfr/17/240.17Ac2-2.md) and [240.17Ad-1 through 240.17Ad-16](/cfr/17/240.17Ad-1..240.17Ad-16.md)) apply to member bank transfer agents.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 63 FR 37646, July 13, 1998, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 12 U.S.C. 24, 36, 92a, 93a, 248(a), 248(c), 321-338a, 371d, 461, 481-486, 601, 611, 1814, 1816, 1817(a)(3), 1817(a)(12), 1818, 1820(d)(9), 1833(j), 1828(o), 1831, 1831o, 1831p-1, 1831r-1, 1831w, 1831x, 1835a, 1882, 2901-2907, 3105, 3310, 3331-3351, 3905-3909, 5371, and 5371 note; 15 U.S.C. 78b, 78I(b), 78 l (i), 780-4(c)(5), 78q, 78q-1, 78w, 1681s, 1681w, 6801, and 6805; 31 U.S.C. 5318; 42 U.S.C. 4012a, 4104a, 4104b, 4106, and 4128.

### Source

Source: Reg. H, 17 FR 8006, Sept. 4, 1952, unless otherwise noted.