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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>58891</law_id><section_number>38.2-1016</section_number><catch_line>Amendment of charter and bylaws; change of name; retirement and cancellation of stock; when mutualization effective; assets and liabilities; officers and directors; general restrictions and powers</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="38.2">Insurance</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="10">Organization, Admission and Licensing of Insurers</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="2">Conversion of Domestic Stock Insurer to Mutual Insurer</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Upon acquisition by the trustees of all of the capital stock of the <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> pursuant to the provisions of this article, the charter of the <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> shall be amended to reflect its mutualization. The charter may be amended in any other respect considered necessary by the board of directors and trustees of the <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> in accordance with the provisions of this article and Article 11 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Authority to amend articles of incorporation" href="/13.1-705/">13.1-705</a> et seq.) of Chapter 9 of Title 13.1. Upon the amendment of the charter of the <span class="dictionary">insurer</span>, the board of directors named in the amendment shall adopt any changes in the bylaws considered necessary, and the bylaws and any amendments to them shall be filed with the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> within thirty days after adoption. <a id="paragraph-215941" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1016/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> As soon as the charter of the <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> has been amended as provided in this section, the capital stock of the <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> held by the trustees shall be assigned to the <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> and shall be retired and cancelled. Certification of that action by the proper officers of the <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> shall be made to the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>, and the trustees acting under the plan shall be discharged. The <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> shall then immediately become a mutual <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> owning all the <span class="dictionary">assets</span> of the converted stock <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> and subject to all its liabilities. <a id="paragraph-215942" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1016/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> The officers and directors of the <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> named in the amended charter shall continue as the officers and directors of the mutual <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> until their successors are duly elected in accordance with the provisions of the amended charter and the bylaws adopted under it. <a id="paragraph-215943" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1016/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> The converted mutual <span class="dictionary">insurer</span>, except as otherwise provided in this title, shall be subject to all the general restrictions and have all the general powers imposed and conferred upon nonstock corporations by <span class="dictionary">law</span>. <a id="paragraph-215944" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1016/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1954, c. 20, &#xA7; 38.1-495.5; 1956, c. 431; 1986, c. 562.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
