Opinion No. (1980) Ag

The Attorney General is in receipt of your request for an opinion wherein you ask, in effect, the following question: Is a banking facility operated at a noncontiguous location which is joined to the main bank building only by electric wires affording direct visual and audio communications an attached facility within the meaning of 6 O.S. 415 [6-415](A) (1971)? Branch banking is prohibited in the State of Oklahoma. 6 O.S. 501 [6-501] (1976). An exception is made, however, of facilities maintained and operated pursuant to 6 O.S. 415 [6-415](A) (1971). A bank may maintain and operate outside…