- (1) Banks are required to preserve or keep their records of customer accounts for at least 8 years after January 1 of the year following the time that the records are made. However, records showing unpaid balances in favor of depositors of a bank may not be destroyed. Liability may not accrue against a bank destroying any records, except records of which destruction is forbidden by this section, after the expiration of the time provided in this section.
- (2) The department shall adopt rules providing for retention schedules for bank records other than those records listed in subsection (1).
History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 77, L. 1951; R.C.M. 1947, 5-1050; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 314, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 84, Ch. 382, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 20, Ch. 163, L. 2005.