524.221  Preservation of bank records--statute of limitations.

1.  A state bank is not required to preserve its records for a period longer than eleven years after the first day of January of the year following the time of the making or filing of such records, provided, however, that account records showing unpaid balances due to depositors shall not be destroyed. A copy of an original may be kept in lieu of any such original record. For purposes of this subsection, a copy includes any duplicate, rerecording or reproduction of an original record from any photograph, photostat, microfilm, microcard, miniature or microphotograph, computer printout, electronically stored data or image, or other process which accurately reproduces or forms a durable medium for accurately and legibly reproducing an unaltered image or reproduction of the original record.

2.  All causes of action, other than actions for relief on the grounds of fraud or mistake, against a state bank based upon a claim or claims inconsistent with an entry or entries in a state bank record, made in the regular course of business, shall be deemed to have accrued, and shall accrue for the purpose of the statute of limitations one year after the date of such entry or entries. No action founded upon such a cause may be brought after the expiration of ten years from the date of such accrual.

3.  The provisions of this section, insofar as applicable, shall apply to the records of a national bank.

Section History: Early form

  [C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, § 528A.1-528A.5; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 524.221]

Section History: Recent form

  91 Acts, ch 95, §1

Internal References

  Referred to in § 524.1314


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