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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>81338</law_id><section_number>38.2-217</section_number><catch_line>When assets may not be distributed among stockholders</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="2">Provisions of a General Nature</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>No domestic <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> shall distribute its <span class="dictionary">assets</span> among its stockholders until all risks have expired or have been cancelled, or have been replaced by the policies of another solvent <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> licensed to transact the business of <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> in this Commonwealth, and until all claims against the <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> have been settled. No <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> shall <span class="dictionary">contract</span> to reinsure its risks for the purpose of distributing its <span class="dictionary">assets</span> without first obtaining the written approval of the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>. However, nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the lawful payment of dividends.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7;&#xA7; 38-170, 38-171; 1952, c. 317, &#xA7; 38.1-39; 1986, c. 562.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
