The incorporators shall file with the board an agreement of incorporation, in duplicate, following generally the form prescribed by the Secretary of State for chartering corporations under the provisions of article one, chapter thirty-one of this code. The information set forth in the agreement shall include the following:
The agreement of incorporation shall be signed and acknowledged by each of the incorporators and, when filed with the Board, shall be accompanied by the statutory corporation charter fees and an examination and investigation fee of five thousand dollars payable to the Board. However, if the agreement is for the incorporation of a bank to be organized solely for the purpose of facilitating the acquisition of another bank, the examination and investigation fee is five hundred dollars payable to the Board. When transmitting the agreement to the Board, the incorporators shall designate by name and give the address of the attorney, agent or other responsible party with whom the Board may communicate, on whom the Board may call for further information and to whom the Board may officially report as to action on the agreement so filed with him or her. The agreement shall constitute and may be considered and treated by the Board as an application for the Board's approval to incorporate and organize a banking institution in this state.
W. Va. Code § 31A-4-5