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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>75937</law_id><section_number>38.2-1515</section_number><catch_line>Mutual debts or credits, how treated</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><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> In all cases of mutual debts or mutual credits between the <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> and another <span class="dictionary">person</span> in connection with any action or proceeding under this chapter, the credits and debts shall be set off and the balance only shall be allowed or paid, except as provided in subsection B of this section. <a id="paragraph-272632" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1515/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> No offset shall be allowed in favor of any <span class="dictionary">person</span> where: <a id="paragraph-272633" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1515/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The obligation of the <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> to the <span class="dictionary">person</span> would not entitle him at the date of the entry of any rehabilitation or <span class="dictionary">liquidation</span> <span class="dictionary">order</span> to share as a claimant in the <span class="dictionary">assets</span> of the <span class="dictionary">insurer</span>; <a id="paragraph-272634" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1515/#B1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The obligation of the <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> to the <span class="dictionary">person</span> was purchased by or transferred to the <span class="dictionary">person</span> with a view of its being used as an offset; or <a id="paragraph-272635" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1515/#B2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> The obligation of the <span class="dictionary">person</span> is to pay (i) an assessment levied against the members of a mutual <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> or the subscribers of a reciprocal <span class="dictionary">insurer</span>, or (ii) a balance upon a subscription to the capital stock of a stock <span class="dictionary">insurer</span>. <a id="paragraph-272636" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1515/#B3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1952, c. 317, &#xA7; 38.1-139; 1986, c. 562.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
