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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>69787</law_id><section_number>6.2-1377</section_number><catch_line>Maintenance of regular reserves; special reserves</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>6.2-1313</reference></referred_to_by><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="10">Reserves</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> A <span class="dictionary">credit union</span> shall establish and maintain a regular reserve account in accordance with the applicable provisions of Part 702 of the National <span class="dictionary">Credit Union</span> Administration Rules and Regulations, 12 C.F.R. &#xA7;&#xA7; 702.1 through 702.403. <a id="paragraph-252201" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-1377/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> may increase or decrease the reserve requirement when in its <span class="dictionary">opinion</span> such an increase or decrease is necessary or desirable. <a id="paragraph-252202" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-1377/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> In addition to such regular reserve, special <span class="dictionary">reserves</span> shall be established when found by the board of directors of the <span class="dictionary">credit union</span> or by the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> to be necessary to protect the interest of <span class="dictionary">members</span>. <a id="paragraph-252203" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-1377/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> Unless otherwise prohibited by the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>, the board of directors of a <span class="dictionary">credit union</span> may establish the regular reserve in an amount in excess of that required by this section when in its <span class="dictionary">opinion</span> the increased amount is necessary or desirable. <a id="paragraph-252204" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-1377/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 6-227; 1964, c. 75; 1966, c. 584, &#xA7; 6.1-218; 1968, c. 560; 1984, c. 410; 1986, c. 146; 1990, c. 373, &#xA7; 6.1-225.58; 2002, c. 261; 2010, c. 794.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
