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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>64298</law_id><section_number>38.2-1438</section_number><catch_line>Renewals and extensions when value of property decreases</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="14">Investments</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="2">Category 1 Investments</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit a domestic <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> from renewing or extending, or consenting to the renewal or extension of, <span class="dictionary">evidences</span> of indebtedness secured by real property or leasehold estates for the original or a lesser amount when a decrease in value of the property or estate causes the indebtedness to exceed the applicable loan-to-value ratio specified by &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Limitations on mortgages" href="/38.2-1437/">38.2-1437</a>. Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit a domestic <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> from accepting as part payment for any real property or leasehold estate sold by it, a mortgage or other <span class="dictionary">lien</span> on the real property or leasehold estate securing a loan that exceeds the applicable loan-to-value ratio specified in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Limitations on mortgages" href="/38.2-1437/">38.2-1437</a>.</p></section></text><history>1983, c. 457, &#xA7; 38.1-217.41; 1986, c. 562.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
