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The present value shall be calculated for the period before the maturity date on the basis of the interest rate specified in the contract for accumulating the net considerations to determine the maturity value, and increased by any existing additional amounts credited by the insurer to the contract. For contracts that do not provide any death benefits before the beginning of any annuity payments, the present values shall be calculated on the basis of the interest rate and the mortality table specified in the contract for determining the maturity value of the paid-up annuity benefit. In no event shall the present value of a paid-up annuity benefit be less than the minimum nonforfeiture amount at that time.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":302589,"text":"For contracts that do not provide cash surrender benefits, the present value of any paid-up annuity benefit available as a nonforfeiture option at any time prior to maturity shall not be less than the present value of that portion of the maturity value of the paid-up annuity benefit provided under the contract arising from considerations paid before the time the contract is surrendered in exchange for, or changed to, a deferred paid-up annuity. The present value shall be calculated for the period before the maturity date on the basis of the interest rate specified in the contract for accumulating the net considerations to determine the maturity value, and increased by any existing additional amounts credited by the insurer to the contract. For contracts that do not provide any death benefits before the beginning of any annuity payments, the present values shall be calculated on the basis of the interest rate and the mortality table specified in the contract for determining the maturity value of the paid-up annuity benefit. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 437 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 1979 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 1986, chapter 562.<\/p>","references":[{"id":75346,"section_number":"38.2-3225","catch_line":"Maturity date","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-3225\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":214603,"object_type":"law","relational_id":84416,"identifier":"38.2-3224","token":"38.2\/32\/38.2-3224","url":"\/38.2-3224\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/38.2-3224\/","token":"38.2\/32\/38.2-3224","dublin_core":{"Title":"Calculation of paid-up annuity benefits","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 38.2-3224","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>For <span class=\"dictionary\">contracts<\/span> that do not provide cash surrender benefits, the present value of any paid-up annuity benefit available as a nonforfeiture option at any time prior to maturity shall not be less than the present value of that portion of the maturity value of the paid-up annuity benefit provided under the <span class=\"dictionary\">contract<\/span> arising from considerations paid before the time the <span class=\"dictionary\">contract<\/span> is surrendered in exchange for, or changed to, a deferred paid-up annuity. The present value shall be calculated for the period before the maturity date on the basis of the interest <span class=\"dictionary\">rate<\/span> specified in the <span class=\"dictionary\">contract<\/span> for accumulating the net considerations to determine the maturity value, and increased by any existing additional amounts credited by the <span class=\"dictionary\">insurer<\/span> to the <span class=\"dictionary\">contract<\/span>. For <span class=\"dictionary\">contracts<\/span> that do not provide any death benefits before the beginning of any annuity payments, the present values shall be calculated on the basis of the interest <span class=\"dictionary\">rate<\/span> and the mortality table specified in the <span class=\"dictionary\">contract<\/span> for determining the maturity value of the paid-up annuity benefit. In no event shall the present value of a paid-up annuity benefit be less than the minimum nonforfeiture amount at that time.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCALCULATION OF PAID-UP ANNUITY BENEFITS (\u00a7 38.2-3224)\n\nFor contracts that do not provide cash surrender benefits, the present value of\nany paid-up annuity benefit available as a nonforfeiture option at any time\nprior to maturity shall not be less than the present value of that portion of\nthe maturity value of the paid-up annuity benefit provided under the contract\narising from considerations paid before the time the contract is surrendered in\nexchange for, or changed to, a deferred paid-up annuity. The present value shall\nbe calculated for the period before the maturity date on the basis of the\ninterest rate specified in the contract for accumulating the net considerations\nto determine the maturity value, and increased by any existing additional\namounts credited by the insurer to the contract. For contracts that do not\nprovide any death benefits before the beginning of any annuity payments, the\npresent values shall be calculated on the basis of the interest rate and the\nmortality table specified in the contract for determining the maturity value of\nthe paid-up annuity benefit. In no event shall the present value of a paid-up\nannuity benefit be less than the minimum nonforfeiture amount at that time.\n\nHISTORY: 1979, c. 437, \u00a7 38.1-470.1; 1986, c. 562.","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}}