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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>80287</law_id><section_number>38.2-3309</section_number><catch_line>Nonforfeiture benefits and cash surrender values</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>38.2-3200</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="33">Life Insurance Policies</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">Life Insurance Policies; Annuities</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Each individual life <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> policy shall contain a provision for nonforfeiture benefits. The provision shall specify the options to which the policyowner is entitled, in accordance with the requirements of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Standard nonforfeiture law; required policy provisions" href="/38.2-3202/">38.2-3202</a>. <a id="paragraph-287432" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-3309/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Each individual life <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> policy shall have a provision for cash surrender values in accordance with the requirements of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Same; cash surrender value in case of default" href="/38.2-3203/">38.2-3203</a>. <a id="paragraph-287433" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-3309/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 38-371(7), (8); 1950, p. 180; 1952, c. 317, &#xA7; 38.1-398; 1986, c. 562.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
