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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>75123</law_id><section_number>38.2-1435</section_number><catch_line>Second mortgages; wrap-around mortgages</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>38.2-1413</reference><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><p>A domestic <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> may invest in <span class="dictionary">obligations</span> secured by second mortgages or second deeds of trust on real property encumbered only by a first mortgage or first deed of trust complying with &#xA7;&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Mortgage loans" href="/38.2-1434/">38.2-1434</a> and <a class="law" title="Limitations on mortgages" href="/38.2-1437/">38.2-1437</a>, subject to either of the following conditions:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> also owns the <span class="dictionary">obligation</span> secured by the first mortgage or first deed of trust, and the aggregate value of both loans does not exceed the applicable loan-to-value ratio specified in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Limitations on mortgages" href="/38.2-1437/">38.2-1437</a>; or <a id="paragraph-269821" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1435/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The <span class="dictionary">obligation</span> is secured by a <span class="dictionary">wrap-around mortgage</span> where:
			a. Only one preexisting mortgage or deed of trust encumbers the real property;
			b. The mortgage or deed of trust securing the loan is (i) recorded and (ii) insured for at least the total amount of the <span class="dictionary">obligation</span> of the borrower to the <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> by title <span class="dictionary">insurance</span>; and
			c. The <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> agrees to make the payments due under the first mortgage or first deed of trust upon receipt of payments due from the borrower under the <span class="dictionary">wrap-around mortgage</span>. <a id="paragraph-269822" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1435/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1983, c. 457, &#xA7; 38.1-217.38; 1986, c. 562.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
