OMB No.: 3064-0018
Expiration Date: 10/31/2021
FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION
APPLICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 19
OF THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE ACT
FDIC 6710/07 (10-18) Page 3
Paperwork Reduction Act Notice: The FDIC may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of
information unless it displays a currently valid OMB number. Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. § 1829) requires
the FDIC’s written consent prior to any participation in the affairs of an insured depository institution by a person who has been convicted of
crimes involving dishonesty, breach of trust, or money laundering. Individuals or insured depository institutions can seek the FDIC’s written
consent by filing Section 19 Application Form 6710/07. This form distinguishes between applications that are sponsored by an insured
depository institution and applications that submitted by individuals requesting a waiver of the institution sponsorship requirement. The
estimated burden for this collection of information is 16 hours per response. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other
aspect of this collection, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to the Paperwork Reduction Officer, Legal Division, Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation, 550 17
th
Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20429
FDIC GUIDELINES AND POLICIES WITH RESPECT TO SECTION 19 (12 U.S.C. §1829)
On December 2, 1998, the FDIC issued Financial Institution Letter (FIL) 125-98 which announced that the FDIC Board of
Directors had approved a statement of policy (SOP) regarding applications filed pursuant to Section 19 of the Federal Deposit
Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. §1829). The SOP was effective December 1, 1998. The SOP was revised in 2011, 2012, and 2018.
Applicants should review the SOP, these application instructions, and contact the applicable FDIC Regional or Area Office
prior to filing an application. The current SOP can be found at
http://www.fdic.gov/regulations/laws/rules/5000-
1300.html#fdic5000applicationsus.
As amended by the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989, the Comprehensive Thrift and Bank
Fraud Prosecution and Taxpayer Recovery Act of 1990, and the Financial Services Relief Act of 2006, Section 19 prohibits,
without the prior written consent of the FDIC, a person convicted of any criminal offense involving dishonesty or breach of trust
or money laundering (covered offenses), or who has entered into a pretrial diversion or similar program (program entry) in
connection with a prosecution for such covered offense, from becoming or continuing as an institution-affiliated party, owning
or controlling, directly or indirectly, an insured depository institution, or otherwise participating, directly or indirectly, in the
conduct of the affairs of an insured depository institution (covered person). In addition, Section 19 forbids an insured
depository institution from permitting such a person to engage in any conduct or to continue any relationship prohibited by
Section 19.
The FDIC is precluded from granting consent for ten years, beginning on the date the conviction or agreement of the person
becomes final, to a person convicted of certain crimes enumerated in Title 18 of the United States Code, absent a motion by
the FDIC and approval by the sentencing court. Convictions or program entries for a violation of the Title 18 sections specified
in Section 19 cannot qualify for the de minimis exceptions described below.
Whoever knowingly violates the prohibitions of Section 19 shall be fined not more than $1,000,000 for each day such
prohibition is violated or imprisoned for not more than five years, or both.
De Minimis Rule: Automatic Consent
The SOP provides that consent is automatically granted and an application will not be required where the covered offense is
considered de minimis. The SOP establishes general de minimis criteria where any conviction or program entry for a covered
offense may qualify. The SOP further establishes additional applications in which a de minimis exception will apply under
specified circumstances or for certain specified offenses. The general de minimis rule and the additional applications of de
minimis rules are described below.
(a) De minimis Offenses – In General
Approval is automatically granted and an application will not be required where the covered offense is
considered de minimis, because it meets all of the following criteria:
• There is only one conviction or program entry of record for a covered offense; and
• The offense was punishable by imprisonment for a term of one year or less and/or a fine of $2,500 or less,
and the individual served three (3) days or less of jail time; and
• The conviction or program was entered at least five years before the application; and
• The offense did not involve an insured depository institution or insured credit union.