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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>66098</law_id><section_number>6.2-1360</section_number><catch_line>Dividends</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="6.2">Financial Institutions and Services</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Depository Institutions and Trust Organizations</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="13">Credit Unions</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="8">Accounts</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> At such intervals and for such periods as the bylaws provide and after provision for the required <span class="dictionary">reserves</span>, the board of directors may declare dividends on <span class="dictionary">share accounts</span> from the undivided earnings or other funds set aside for dividends. <a id="paragraph-240115" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-1360/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Dividends may be paid at different rates on different types of <span class="dictionary">share accounts</span> and at different rates and maturity dates in the case of share certificates. <a id="paragraph-240116" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-1360/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Dividend credit may be accrued on <span class="dictionary">shares</span> as authorized by the board of directors. <a id="paragraph-240117" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-1360/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> The rates of dividends and terms of payment may be declared in advance by the board of directors. <a id="paragraph-240118" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-1360/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="E"><p><span class="prefix-number">E.</span> In no event shall a dividend be paid if, after the payment thereof, the liabilities of the <span class="dictionary">credit union</span> would exceed its <span class="dictionary">assets</span>. <a id="paragraph-240119" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-1360/#E"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 6-228; 1964, c. 75; 1966, c. 584, &#xA7; 6.1-219; 1968, c. 560; 1976, c. 202; 1990, c. 373, &#xA7; 6.1-225.43; 2010, c. 794.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
