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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>77564</law_id><section_number>38.2-1513</section_number><catch_line>Voidable transfers</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>38.2-1509</reference><reference>38.2-1522</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="15">Rehabilitation and Liquidation of Insurers</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Any transfer of or <span class="dictionary">lien</span> upon the property of an <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> that is made or created within four months before the institution of <span class="dictionary">delinquency proceedings</span> under this chapter shall be voidable if (i) done with the <span class="dictionary">intent</span> of giving or enabling any <span class="dictionary">creditor</span> to obtain a greater percentage of payment of the debt than any other <span class="dictionary">creditor</span> of the same class and (ii) the <span class="dictionary">creditor</span> accepting the transfer has reasonable cause to believe that a preference will occur. <a id="paragraph-278258" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1513/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Every director, officer, employee, stockholder, member, subscriber, and other <span class="dictionary">person</span> acting on behalf of an <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> who is involved in any act described in subsection A of this section, and every <span class="dictionary">person</span> receiving property of an <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> as a result of this act, shall be personally liable and held accountable to the <span class="dictionary">receiver</span>. <a id="paragraph-278259" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1513/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> A <span class="dictionary">receiver</span> in any proceeding under this chapter may avoid any transfer of or <span class="dictionary">lien</span> upon the property of an <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> that any <span class="dictionary">creditor</span>, stockholder, subscriber or member of the <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> might have avoided. The <span class="dictionary">receiver</span> may also recover the transferred property unless the <span class="dictionary">person</span> was a valid holder for value before the date of the institution of <span class="dictionary">delinquency proceedings</span> under this chapter. The property or its value may be recovered from anyone who has received it except as a valid holder for value as specified in this subsection. <a id="paragraph-278260" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1513/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1952, c. 317, &#xA7; 38.1-137; 1986, c. 562.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
