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The principal advanced and any interest accrued thereon shall not be treated as a liability of the reciprocal until the repayment of principal or payment of interest is approved by the Commission; nonetheless, all statements published or filed shall show accrued interest and the amount of principal remaining unpaid. In the event of a liquidation or dissolution, all claims under the instrument shall be subordinated to subscriber, claimant and beneficiary claims as well as debts owed to all other classes of creditors. The principal advanced shall not be withdrawn or repaid and no payments of interest thereon shall be made unless the reciprocal has sufficient earned surplus in excess of its minimum required surplus. No commission or brokerage shall be paid in acquiring the funds. 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This law was first created in 1952. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 317 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1952 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1986, chapter 562; in 1994, chapter 503<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":75854,"section_number":"38.2-1228","catch_line":"Subscribers' share in assets","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-1228\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":211319,"object_type":"law","relational_id":54344,"identifier":"38.2-1225","token":"38.2\/12\/2\/38.2-1225","url":"\/38.2-1225\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/38.2-1225\/","token":"38.2\/12\/2\/38.2-1225","dublin_core":{"Title":"Contributions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 38.2-1225","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The attorney or other interested persons<\/span> may advance to a domestic reciprocal any funds required in its operations. No repayment of the principal, or any payment of interest thereon, in whole or in part, shall be made without the approval of the Commission<\/span>. The principal advanced and any interest accrued thereon shall not be treated as a liability of the reciprocal until the repayment of principal or payment of interest is approved by the Commission<\/span>; nonetheless, all statements published or filed shall show accrued interest and the amount of principal remaining unpaid. In the event of a liquidation<\/span> or dissolution, all claims under the instrument shall be subordinated to subscriber, claimant and beneficiary claims as well as debts owed to all other classes of creditors<\/span>. The principal advanced shall not be withdrawn or repaid and no payments of interest thereon shall be made unless the reciprocal has sufficient earned surplus in excess of its minimum required surplus. No commission<\/span> or brokerage shall be paid in acquiring the funds. Interest on the principal advanced shall be at a rate<\/span> not exceeding the one-year treasury bill interest rate<\/span> plus three percentage points at the time the loan is made or renewed.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCONTRIBUTIONS (\u00a7 38.2-1225)\n\nThe attorney or other interested persons may advance to a domestic reciprocal\nany funds required in its operations. No repayment of the principal, or any\npayment of interest thereon, in whole or in part, shall be made without the\napproval of the Commission. The principal advanced and any interest accrued\nthereon shall not be treated as a liability of the reciprocal until the\nrepayment of principal or payment of interest is approved by the Commission;\nnonetheless, all statements published or filed shall show accrued interest and\nthe amount of principal remaining unpaid. In the event of a liquidation or\ndissolution, all claims under the instrument shall be subordinated to\nsubscriber, claimant and beneficiary claims as well as debts owed to all other\nclasses of creditors. The principal advanced shall not be withdrawn or repaid\nand no payments of interest thereon shall be made unless the reciprocal has\nsufficient earned surplus in excess of its minimum required surplus. No\ncommission or brokerage shall be paid in acquiring the funds. Interest on the\nprincipal advanced shall be at a rate not exceeding the one-year treasury bill\ninterest rate plus three percentage points at the time the loan is made or\nrenewed.\n\nHISTORY: 1952, c. 317, \u00a7 38.1-713; 1986, c. 562; 1994, c. 503.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}