12 U.S.C. § 32 — Liabilities and suits as affected by change of name or location

This section protects people with claims against a national bank when the bank changes its name or its location under sections 30 and 31 of this title. It says nothing in those sections can be read to release the bank — under its old name or old location — from any liability it already had. It also says the change cannot affect any ongoing lawsuit or legal proceeding where the bank is, or becomes, a party or an interested party. In short, renaming or relocating a bank does not wipe out its past debts or interrupt cases already underway.