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508.5 Capital and surplus required.

A stock life insurance company shall not be authorized to transact business under this chapter with less than two million five hundred thousand dollars capital stock fully paid for in cash and two million five hundred thousand dollars of surplus paid in cash or invested as provided by law. A stock life insurance company shall not increase its capital stock unless the amount of the increase is fully paid in cash. The stock shall be divided into shares of not less than one dollar par value each.

Section History: Early form

[C73, § 1162; C97, § 1769; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 8647; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 508.5]

Section History: Recent form

90 Acts, ch 1234, §5

Internal References

Referred to in § 508.6, 508.9


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