---
kind: "section"
citation: "12 C.F.R. § 5.52"
title: "12"
number: "5.52"
heading: "Change of address of a national bank or Federal savings association."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/12/5.52"
---

# §5.52. Change of address of a national bank or Federal savings association.

- (a) **Authority.** 12 U.S.C. [93a](/usc/12/93a.md), [161](/usc/12/161.md), [481](/usc/12/481.md), [1462a](/usc/12/1462a.md), [1463](/usc/12/1463.md), [1464](/usc/12/1464.md) and [5412(b)(2)(B)](/usc/12/5412.md?p=b-2-B).
- (b) **Scope.** This section describes the obligation of a national bank or a Federal savings association to notify the OCC of any change in its address.
- (c) **Notice process.**
  - (1) Any national bank with a change in the address of its main office or in its post office box or a Federal savings association with a change in the address of its home office or post office box must send a written notice to the appropriate OCC licensing office.
  - (2) No notice is required if the change in address results from a transaction approved under this part or if notice has been provided pursuant to [§ 5.40(c)(1)](/cfr/12/5.40.md?p=c-1) with respect to the relocation of a main office or home office to a branch location in the same city, town or village.
- (d) **Exceptions to rules of general applicability.** Sections [5.8](/cfr/12/5.8.md), [5.9](/cfr/12/5.9.md), [5.10](/cfr/12/5.10.md), [5.11](/cfr/12/5.11.md), and [5.13](/cfr/12/5.13.md) do not apply to changes in a national bank's or Federal savings association's address.

## Notes

### Amendments

[80 FR 28462, May 18, 2015, as amended at 85 FR 80466, Dec. 11, 2020]

### Authority

Authority: 12 U.S.C. 1 et seq., 24a, 35, 93a, 214a, 215, 215a, 215a-1, 215a-2, 215a-3, 215c, 371d, 481, 1462a, 1463, 1464, 1817(j), 1831i, 1831u, 2901 et seq., 3101 et seq., 3907, and 5412(b)(2)(B).

### Source

Source: 61 FR 60363, Nov. 27, 1996, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[80 FR 28462, May 18, 2015, as amended at 85 FR 80466, Dec. 11, 2020]