Orange County Credit Union
123 South Sixth Street
Orange, Texas 77630
Phone: (409) 882-7814
Fax: (409) 882-7002
Office Hours: 8:30 - 5:00 Monday - Thursday
8:30 - 4:30 Friday
President / Treasurer: Sandra Cooper Assistant: Cindy Sparkman
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POLICIES FOR ORANGE COUNTY EMPLOYEES CREDIT UNION
LENDING POLICIES FOR ORANGE COUNTY EMPLOYEES CREDIT UNION
IMPORTANT ACCOUNT INFORMATION FOR OUR MEMBERS
HOW TO CONTACT THE ORANGE COUNTY CREDIT UNION
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Policies for Orange County Employees Credit Union
Field of Membership: Elected and appointed employees of the Following:
Orange County Employees
Orange County Drainage District
Sabine River Authority
City of Vidor
City of West Orange
City of Bridge City
City of Pinehurst
Orange County Appraisal District
Orange County Water Control District #2
Orange County Emergency Services District #1
Orange County Housing
Credit Union Employees
Members of the Family: Members of the family is any spouse, child, brother, or sisters and any parent of primary member.
Cost of Membership: $25.00 this is for one (1) share. Your account is considered inactive if you draw below your one- (1) share deposit. Members are encouraged to deposit a minimum of one (1) share per month.
LENDING POLICIES FOR ORANGE COUNTY EMPLOYEES CREDIT UNION
Must be a member of Orange County Employees Credit Union six (6) months before you are eligible to submit any loan application.
Credit of any applicant will be checked. Members must be in good credit standing with Orange County Employees Credit Union. All new members applying for a loan will be responsible for the cost of the initial credit report. All loan applications must be completely filled out by member (this is not credit union personnel's responsibility) and turned in before noon Wednesday. The Credit Committee meets every Wednesday at 4:00. Applicants wishing to know if his or her load was approved, please call Thursday morning. ALL PAYROLL CHANGES MUST BE APPROVED BY CREDIT UNION.
LOAN TYPES:
Personal
or Signature Loans:
After six (6) month
membership - $500.00 12 month pay back.
One (1) year membership - $1,000.00
24 month pay back.
Two (2) year membership - $2,500.00
36 month pay back.
Three (3) year membership - $3,500.00
42 month pay back.
Four (4) year membership - $5,000.00
42 month pay back.
If borrower has four (4) years of employment within the Field of Membership, he or she is eligible for personal or signature loan up to $5,000.00, 42 month pay back. Personal or signature loans that have been approved may be refinanced after three (3) monthly payments without having to fill out new application for one (1) year unless you are increasing original balance.
Share or Share Certificate Loans:
Members may borrow up to the amount deposited in their share account or the amount equal to face value of the Share Certificate. Interest charged will be three (3) percentage points above the current interest (or dividend) is paid on Shares or Share Certificates.
Maximum terms 60 regular monthly payments.
Share Deposits- six (6) - one (1) year.
New Auto, Truck and Tractors
A statement from the dealer must be submitted, listing description, price, make and model with accessories itemized.
Terms: 72, 60, 48, and 36 month financing.
Used Auto, Truck and Tractors
A statement or notarized buyers contact must be submitted listing description, price, make/model, accessories and mileage itemized.
Terms: Current to Three (3) year old
- 54 months
Current to Five (5) year old - 48 months
Current to Six (6) year old - 24 months
Borrower must furnish Credit Union with proof of insurance.
Boat, Boat Motors, Travel Trailers and Campers
New financing: A statement from the dealer must be submitted, listing description, price, make and model with accessories itemized.
New: Terms: 60 month financing
Used financing: A statement or notarized buyers contract must be submitted with the above items listed.
Used:
Terms: 42 months - over $7,500.00
36 months - over $7,500.00
Borrower must furnish Credit Union with proof of insurance.
New Appliances/Furniture
A statement/invoice from the dealer must be submitted listing description, price, make, model, serial number with accessories itemized and manufacturer's name.
Terms: up to 36 months
If forty-five percent (45%) of borrower's monthly income is committed to current debts, no unsecured loan will be approved, except by unanimous approval of the loan/credit committee.
Orange County Employees Credit Union carries a $2,000.00 Accidental Death and Disbursement Insurance policy on all primary members, ages 18 through 69.
The Orange County Employees Board of Directors set all policies and interest rates, which are subject to change at any time.
How to Contact the Orange County Credit Union
If you have any questions, please feel free to call or e-mail Sandra Cooper at (409) 882-7813 or Cindy Sparkman at (409) 882-7814.
Important Account Information for Orange County Credit Union MembersTable of Contents:
Terms and
Agreement of your Account
Bylaws
Liability
Deposits
Withdrawals
Ownership of Account and
Beneficiary Designation
Single-Party
Account without "P.O.D." (Payable on Death) Designation
Single-Party
Account with "P.O.D." (Payable on Death) Designation
Multiple-Party Account
without Right of Survivorship
Multiple-Party Account with
Right of Survivorship
Multiple-Party
Account with Right of Survivorship and "P.O.D." (Payable on Death) Designation
Convenience Account
Trust Account
Business Accounts
Stop Payments
Telephone Transfers
Amendments and Termination
Statements
Account Transfer
Direct Deposits
Temporary Account Agreement
Right to Repayment of Indebtedness
Restrictive Legends
Pledges
ACH and Wire Transfers
Facsimile Signatures
This agreement is subject to applicable federal laws and the laws of the state of Texas (except to the extent that this agreement can and does vary such rules or laws). The body of state and federal law that governs our relationship with you, however, is too large and complex to be reproduced here. The purpose of this document is to:
If any provision of this document is found to be unenforceable according to its terms, all remaining provision will continue in full force and effect. We may permit some variations from our standard agreement, but we must agree to any variation in writing either on the signature card for your account or in some other document.
As used in this document the words "we", "our", and "us" mean the financial institution and the words "you" and "your" mean the account holder(s) and anyone else with the authority to deposit, withdraw, or exercise control over the funds in the account. The headings in this document are for convenience or reference only and will not govern the interpretation of the provisions. Unless it would be inconsistent to do so, words and phrases used in this document should be construed so the singular includes the plural and the plural includes the singular. "Party" means a person who, by the terms of an account, has a present right, subject to request, to payment from the account other than as a beneficiary or agent.
BYLAWS Our bylaws, which we may amend from time to time, establish basic rules about our credit union policies and operations which affect your account and membership. You may obtain a copy of the bylaws on request. Our right to require you to give us notice of your intention to withdraw funds from your account is described in the bylaws. Unless we have agreed otherwise, you are not entitled to receive any original item after it is paid, although you may request that we send you an item(s) or a copy of an item(s). Dividends are bases on current earnings and available earnings of the credit union, after providing for required reserves.
LIABILITY You agree, for yourself ( and the person or entity you represent if you sign as a representative of another) to the terms of this account and the schedule of charges. You authorize us to deduct these charges directly from the account balance as accrued. You will pay any additional reasonable charges for services you request which are not covered by this agreement.
Each of you also agrees to be jointly and severally (individually) liable for any account shortage resulting from charges or overdrafts, whether caused by you or another with access to this account. This liability is due immediately, and can be deducted directly from the account balance whenever sufficient funds are available. You have no right to defer payment of this liability, and you are liable regardless of whether you signed the item or benefited from the charge or overdraft. This includes liability for our costs to collect the deficit including, to the extent permitted by law, out reasonable attorneys fees.
DEPOSITS We will give only provisional credit until collection is final for any items, other than cash, we accept for deposit (including items drawn "on us"). Actual credit for deposits of, or payable in, foreign currency will be at the exchange rate in effect on final collection in U.S. dollars. We are not responsible for transactions by mail or outside depository until we actually record them. We will treat and record all transactions received after our "daily cutoff time" on a business day we are open, or received on a day we are not open for business, as if initiated on the next following business day that we are open.
WITHDRAWALS Unless clearly indicated otherwise on the account records, any of you, acting alone, who signs in the space designated for signatures on the signature card may withdraw or transfer all or any part of the account balance at any time. Each of you (until we receive written notice to the contrary) authorizes each other person signing the signature card to indorse any item payable to you or your order for deposit to this account or any other transaction with us. We may charge your account for a check even though payment was made before the date of the check, unless we have received written notice of the postdating in time to have a reasonable opportunity to act. We may refuse any withdrawal or transfer request which you attempt forms not approved by us, by any method we do not specifically permit, which is greater in number than the frequency permitted, or which is for an amount greater or less than any withdrawal limitations. Even if we honor a nonconforming request, we may treat continued abuse of the stated limitations (if any) as your act of closing the account. We will use the date the transaction is completed by us (as opposed to the date you initiate it) to apply the frequency limitations. The fact that we may honor withdrawal requests that overdraw the available account balance does not obligate us to do so later. See the funds availability policy disclosure for information about when you can withdraw funds you deposit. For those accounts for which our funds availability policy disclosure does not apply, you can ask us when you make a deposit when those funds will be available for withdrawal.
OWNERSHIP OF ACCOUNT AND BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION These rules apply to this account depending on the form of ownership and beneficiary designation, if any specified on the account records. We reserve the right to refuse some forms of ownership on any or all of our accounts. We make no representations as to the appropriateness or effect of the ownership and beneficiary designations, except as they determine to whom we pay the account funds.
SINGLE-PARTY ACCOUNT WITHOUT "P.O.D."(PAYABLE ON DEATH) DESIGNATION The party to the account owns the account. On the death of the party, ownership of the account passes as a part of the partys estate under the partys will or by intestacy.
SINGLE-PARTY ACCOUNT WITH "P.O.D." (PAYABLE ON DEATH) DESIGNATION - The party to the account owns the account. On the death of the party, ownership of the account passes to the P.O.D. beneficiaries of the account. The account is not a part of the partys estate.
MULTIPLE-PARTY ACCOUNT WITHOUT RIGHT OF SURVIVORSHIP The parties to the account own the account in proportion to the parties net contributions to the account. The financial institution may pay any sum in the account to a party at any time. On the death of a party, the partys ownership of the account passes as a part of the partys estate under the partys will or by intestacy.
MULTIPLE-PARTY ACCOUNT WITH RIGHT OF SURVIVORSHIP - The parties to the account own the account in proportion to the parties net contributions to the account. The financial institution may pay any sum in the account to a party at any time. On the death of a party, the partys ownership of the account passes to the surviving parties.
MULTIPLE-PARTY ACCOUNT WITH RIGHT OF SURVIVORSHIP AND "P.O.D." (PAYABLE OF DEATH) DESIGNATION The parties to the account own the account in proportion to the parties net contributions to the account. The financial institution may pay any sum in the account to a party at any time. On the death of the last surviving party, the ownership of the account passes to the P.O.D. beneficiaries.
CONVENIENCE ACCOUNT The party to the account owns the account. The cosigner to the account may make account transactions for the party. The cosigner does not own the account. On the death of the party, ownership of the account passes as a part of the partys estate under the partys will or by intestacy. The financial institution may pay funds in the account to the cosigner before the financial institution receives notice of the death of the party. The payment to the cosigner does not affect the partys ownership of the account.
TRUST ACCOUNT The parties named as trustees tot he account own the account in proportion to the parties net contributions to the account. A trustee may withdraw funds from the account. A beneficiary may not withdraw funds from the account before all trustees are deceased. On the death of the last surviving trustee, the ownership of the account passes to the beneficiary. The trust account is not a part of a trustees estate and does not pass under the trustees will or by intestacy, unless the trustee survives all of the beneficiaries and all other trustees.
BUSINESS ACCOUNTS Earnings in the form of interest, dividends, or credits will be paid only on collected funds, unless otherwise provided bylaw or our policy. We may require the governing body of the legal entity opening the account to give us a separate authorization telling us who is authorized to act o its behalf. We will honor the authorization until we actually receive written notice of a change from the governing body of the legal entity.
STOP PAYMENTS You must make any stop-payment order in the manner required by law and we must receive it in time to give us a reasonable opportunity to act on it before our stop-payment cutoff time. To be effective, your stop-payment order must precisely identify the number, date, and amount of the item, and the payee.
You may stop payment on any item drawn on your account whether you sign the item or not, if you have an equal or greater right to withdraw from this account than the person who signed the item. A release of the stop-payment request may be made only by the person who initiated the stop-payment order.
Our stop-payment cutoff time is one hour after the opening of the next banking day after the banking day on which we receive the item. Additional limitations on our obligation to stop payment are provided by law (e.g., we paid the item in cash or we certified the item).
TELEPHONE TRANSFERS A telephone transfer of funds from this account to another account with us, if otherwise arranged for or permitted, may be made by the same persons and under the same conditions generally applicable to withdrawals made in writing. Unless a different limitation is disclosed in writing, we restrict the number of transfers from a savings account to another account or to third parties, to a maximum of six per month (less the number of "pre-authorized transfers" during a month). Other account transfer restrictions may be described elsewhere.
AMENDMENTS AND TERMINATION We may change our bylaws and any term of this agreement. Rules governing changes in rates are provided separately. For other changes we will give you reasonable notice in writing or by any other method permitted by law. We may close this account if your membership in the credit union terminates, or by giving reasonable notice to you and tender of the account balance personally or by mail. At our option, we may suspend your rights to member services if you violate the terms of this agreement. You must keep us informed of your current address at all times. Notice from us to any one of you is notice to all of you.
STATEMENTS You must examine your statement of account with "reasonable promptness." If you discover (or reasonably should have discovered) any unauthorized signatures or alterations, you must promptly notify us of the relevant facts. As between you and us, if you fail to do either of these duties, you will have to either share the loss with us, or bear the loss entirely yourself (depending on whether we used ordinary care and, if not, whether we contributed to the loss). The loss could be not only with respect to items on the statement but other items with unauthorized signatures or alterations by the same wrongdoer.
You agree that the time you have to examine your statement and report to us will depend on the circumstances, but will not, in any circumstance, exceed a total of 30 days from when the statement is first sent or made available to you.
You further agree that if you fail to report any unauthorized signatures, alterations, forgeries, or any other errors in your account within 60 days of when we first send or make the statement available, you cannot assert a claim against us on any items in that statement, and as between you and us the loss will be entirely yours. This 60 day limitation is without regard to whether we used ordinary care. The limitation in this paragraph is in addition to that contained in the first paragraph of this section.
ACCOUNT TRANSFER This account may not be transferred or assigned without our prior written consent.
DIRECT DEPOSITS - If, in connection with a direct deposit plan, we deposit any amount in an account which should have been returned to the Federal Government for any reason, you authorize us to deduct the amount of our liability to the Federal Government from the account or from any other account you have with us, without prior notice and at any time, except as prohibited by law. We may also use any other legal remedy to recover the amount of our liability.
TEMPORARY ACCOUNT AGREEMENT If this option is selected, this is a temporary account agreement. Each person who signs in the space designated for signatures on the signature card (except as indicated to the contrary) may transact business on this account. However, we may at some time in the future restrict or prohibit further use of this account if you fail to comply with the requirements we have imposed within a reasonable time.
RIGHT TO REPAYMENT OF INDEBTEDNESS You each agree that we may (without prior notice and when permitted by law) charge against and deduct from this account any due and payable debt owed to us now or in the future, by any of you having the right of withdrawal, to the extent of such persons or legal entitys right to withdraw. If the debt arises from a note, "any due and payable debt" includes the total amount of which we are entitled to demand payment under the terms of the note at the time we charge the account, including any balance the due date for which we properly accelerate under the note.
Our right to repayment arising under this section does not apply to this account if :
We will not be liable for the dishonor of any check or draft when the dishonor occurs because we charge and deduct an amount you own us from your account. You agree to hold us harmless from any claim arising as a result of our exercise of our right to repayment.
RESTRICTIVE LEGENDS - We are not required to honor any restrictive legend on check you write unless we have agreed in writing to the restriction. Examples of restrictive legends are "must be presented within 90 days" or "not valid for more than $1,000.00."
PLEDGES - Unless we agree otherwise in writing, each owner of this account may pledge all or any part of the funds in it for any purpose to which we agree. Any pledge of this account must first be satisfied before the rights of any surviving account owner or account beneficiary become effective.
ACH AND WIRE TRANSFERS - This agreement is subject to Article 4A of the Uniform Commercial Code- Fund Transfers as adopted in the state in which you have your account with us. If you originate a fund transfer for which Fedwire is used, and you identify by name and number a beneficiary financial institution, an intermediary financial institution or a beneficiary, we and every receiving or beneficiary financial institution may rely on the identifying number to make payment. We may rely on the number even if it identifies a financial institution, person or account other than the one named. You agree to be bound by automated clearing house association rules. These rules provide, among other things, that payments made to you, or originated by you, are provisional until final settlement is made through a Federal Reserve Bank or payment is otherwise made as provided in Article 4A-403(a) of the Uniform Commercial Code. If we receive a credit to an account you have with us by wire or ACH, we are not required to give you any notice of the payment order or credit.
FACSIMILE SIGNATURES - You authorize us, at any time, to charge you for all checks, drafts, or other orders, for the payment of money, that are drawn on us regardless of by whom or by what means the facsimile signature(s) may have been affixed so long as they resemble the facsimile signature specimen filed with us, and contain the required number of signatures for this purpose.
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