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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>57257</law_id><section_number>38.2-1422</section_number><catch_line>Obligations secured by certain leases</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>38.2-1414</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="38.2">Insurance</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="14">Investments</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="2">Category 1 Investments</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> A domestic <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> may invest in <span class="dictionary">obligations</span> of any solvent <span class="dictionary">company</span> other than companies referred to in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Railroad terminal and other securities" href="/38.2-1419/">38.2-1419</a>, incorporated under the <span class="dictionary">laws</span> of the United <span class="dictionary">States</span> or of any <span class="dictionary">state</span> if: <a id="paragraph-209758" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1422/#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">obligations</span> are secured by an assignment to the <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> of a lease, and the rents payable under the lease, of real or personal property or both to (i) a <span class="dictionary">domestic governmental entity</span>; (ii) Canada, or any province of Canada; or (iii) one or more companies incorporated under the <span class="dictionary">laws</span> of the United <span class="dictionary">States</span>, any <span class="dictionary">state</span>, Canada or any province of Canada; <a id="paragraph-209759" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1422/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The rentals assigned are sufficient to repay the indebtedness within the unexpired term of the lease, excluding any term that may be provided by an enforceable <span class="dictionary">option</span> of renewal; <a id="paragraph-209760" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1422/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> The lessee on any lease securing an <span class="dictionary">obligation</span> under this section, or the guarantor of the lease, is an entity whose <span class="dictionary">obligations</span> would be eligible for investment by an <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> in accordance with &#xA7;&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Obligations of domestic governmental entities" href="/38.2-1415/">38.2-1415</a>, <a class="law" title="Business entity obligations" href="/38.2-1421/">38.2-1421</a> or &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Common stock of banks or trust companies" href="/38.2-1425/">38.2-1425</a>; <a id="paragraph-209761" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1422/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> The lessee or guarantor has not defaulted in payment of interest or principal on any of its <span class="dictionary">obligations</span> during the five fiscal years immediately preceding the <span class="dictionary">date of investment</span>; and <a id="paragraph-209762" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1422/#A4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A5" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> A first <span class="dictionary">lien</span> on the interest of the lessor in the unencumbered leased property is obtained as additional security for any <span class="dictionary">obligation</span> acquired pursuant to this section. <a id="paragraph-209763" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1422/#A5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> No domestic <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> shall invest under this section more than two percent of the <span class="dictionary">insurer</span>&#x2019;s admitted <span class="dictionary">assets</span> in the <span class="dictionary">obligations</span> of any one <span class="dictionary">business entity</span> or in the <span class="dictionary">obligations</span> secured by leases to any one <span class="dictionary">business entity</span>. <a id="paragraph-209764" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1422/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1983, c. 457, &#xA7; 38.1-217.25; 1986, c. 562; 1992, c. 588.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
