TITLE 32. FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

CHAPTER 1. BANKS AND TRUST COMPANIES

Part 4. Operation and Regulation

Theft Of Funds By Directors, Officers, Or Employees

32-1-473. Theft of funds by directors, officers, or employees. A director, officer, or employee of a bank who fraudulently appropriates or abstracts or misapplies any of the money, funds, credits, or property of the bank when owned by it or held in trust or who issues or puts forth any certificate of deposit, draws any order or bill of exchange, makes any acceptance, assigns any note, bond, draft, bill of exchange, mortgage, judgment, or decree with intent to injure or defraud the bank or any person or corporation or to deceive any officer of the bank, any other person, or anyone appointed to examine the affairs of the bank or any other person who with like intent, aids or abets any director, officer, or employee in the violation of this section is guilty of theft and upon conviction shall be imprisoned in the state prison for a period of not to exceed 20 years or be fined an amount not to exceed $50,000, or both.

History: En. Sec. 117, Ch. 89, L. 1927; re-en. Sec. 6014.128, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 43, Ch. 359, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 5-1044; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 198, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 83, Ch. 382, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 19, Ch. 163, L. 2005.