---
kind: "section"
citation: "12 U.S.C. § 325"
title: "12"
title_heading: "Banks and Banking"
number: "325"
heading: "Examinations"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/12/325"
units:
  - "Chapter 3 — Federal Reserve System"
  - "Subchapter VIII — State Banks as Members of System"
---

# §325. Examinations


As a condition of membership such [banks](/usc/12/221a.md?p=a) shall likewise be subject to examinations made by direction of the [Board](/usc/12/221a.md?p=a) of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or of the Federal [reserve bank](/usc/12/221a.md?p=a) by examiners selected or approved by the [Board](/usc/12/221a.md?p=a) of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.


## Source credit

(Dec. 23, 1913, ch. 6, § 9 (par.), as added June 21, 1917, ch. 32, § 3, 40 Stat. 233; amended Aug. 23, 1935, ch. 614, title II, § 203(a), 49 Stat. 704.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section is comprised of the seventh par. of section 9 of act Dec. 23, 1913, as amended. The seventh par. constituted the fifth par. of section 9 in 1917 (40 Stat. 232), became the sixth par. in 1927 (44 Stat. 1229), and became the seventh par. in 1950 (64 Stat. 458). For further details, see Codification note set out under section 321 of this title.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Change of Name

Section 203(a) of act Aug. 23, 1935, changed name of Federal Reserve Board to Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.