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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>374244</law_id><section_number>6.2-415</section_number><catch_line>Lender not to cancel insurance policy at time of refinancing under certain circumstances</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="10" identifier="6.2">Financial Institutions and Services</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="I">General Provisions</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="4" identifier="4">Certain Lending Practices</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="2" identifier="2">Loans Secured by Lien on Real Estate</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> No lender shall require a borrower or debtor, for the protection of property securing the credit or <span class="dictionary">lien</span>, to cancel an existing insurance policy on such property at the time of a refinancing solely to change the effective dates of coverage under the policy, unless the expiration date of such policy is within four months of the date of the closing. <a id="paragraph-1397118" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-415/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The provision of subsection A shall not prevent a lender from requesting a new policy when the coverage under the existing policy is inadequate or there is reasonable concern over the soundness or services of the insurer. <a id="paragraph-1397119" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-415/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1995, c. 175, &#xA7; 6.1-2.9:6; 2010, c. 794.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
