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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>84776</law_id><section_number>38.2-1047</section_number><catch_line>How deposits applied to payment of claims; deficit to be made good</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="7">Deposits</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> This section shall apply only where: <a id="paragraph-303769" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1047/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> has failed to pay any of its liabilities after the liabilities have been ascertained (i) by any agreement of the parties binding the <span class="dictionary">insurer</span>, or (ii) by <span class="dictionary">judgment</span>, <span class="dictionary">order</span> or <span class="dictionary">decree</span> of a <span class="dictionary">court</span> of competent <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> which has not been appealed, superseded or stayed; and <a id="paragraph-303770" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1047/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The provisions of subsection B of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Purpose of deposits; enforcement of lien" href="/38.2-1046/">38.2-1046</a> are not applicable. <a id="paragraph-303771" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1047/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Upon application of the <span class="dictionary">person</span> to whom the debt or money is due and after giving notice as provided in subsection C of this section, the <span class="dictionary">State</span> Treasurer shall (i) sell an amount of securities with accrued interest that provides sufficient funds to pay the sums due and the expenses of the sale and (ii) pay the sums due and expenses out of the available funds. This shall be subject to the approval of the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>. <a id="paragraph-303772" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1047/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> The <span class="dictionary">State</span> Treasurer shall give the <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> or its agent ten days&#x2019; notice, either by mail or personally, of the time and place of the sale. The sale shall be advertised daily for ten days in a newspaper of general circulation published in the City of Richmond. <a id="paragraph-303773" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1047/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> The <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> shall immediately make good any deficit in its deposit resulting from a sale. The <span class="dictionary">State</span> Treasurer shall report to the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> in writing (i) the amount and kind of securities sold in accordance with the provisions of this section and (ii) the amount and kind of securities deposited to make good the deficit. <a id="paragraph-303774" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1047/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 38-49; 1950, p. 996; 1952, c. 317, &#xA7; 38.1-111; 1986, c. 562; 1988, c. 298.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
