Approved Banks

The following List of Financial Institutions Approved as Depositories for Attorney Trust Accounts (as of December 2025) are the financial institutions that have met the requirements of Rules 1.15(II) and 1.15(III) of the Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct, as amended. These are the only financial institutions approved for lawyers to hold client funds and fiduciary funds pursuant to the Bar Rules. Rules 1.15(II) and 1.15(III) of the Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct can be accessed here.

If you wish to open an attorney trust account with a bank not currently listed as an approved financial institution, please contact the bank and ask an authorized bank officer to complete IOLTA rate comparability paperwork with the Georgia Bar Foundation and then obtain a Certificate of Agreement from the State Bar of Georgia Office of the General Counsel.

Some approved financial institutions do not maintain physical branch locations within the state of Georgia. Prior to opening any new Georgia attorney trust accounts, those financial institutions must provide the Office of the General Counsel documentation to show that each new Georgia IOLTA account is associated with a Georgia licensed lawyer who qualifies under the Bar Rules by having an office located within the state where the bank is located or a written request from a client who has requested that their trust funds be held in an out-of-state branch of the bank. The Office of the General Counsel has identified financial institutions that fall under this category in a list of out-of-state banks.

View the List of Financial Institutions Approved as Depositories for Attorney Trust Accounts.

LIST OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

Download the Notice to Financial Institution form.

Notice to Financial Institution form

Read information about IOLTA and the Georgia Bar Foundation.

IOLTA / Georgia Bar Foundation