District of Columbia § 31-4316 Deposit of securities by companies desiring to transact business — Type of securities allowed; officials responsible for safekeeping; collection of income; substitution; decline in value.

District of Columbia Statutes

§ 31-4316 — Deposit of securities by companies desiring to transact business — Type of securities allowed; officials responsible for safekeeping; collection of income; substitution; decline in value.

District of Columbia § 31-4316

Title 31Insurance and Securities.

Ch. 43Department of Insurance, Securities, And Banking with Respect to Life Companies.

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D.C. Code § 31-4316 (2026).

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(a)When any company is required by this subdivision to make a deposit in the District, such deposit shall be in securities of the class authorized by this subdivision for investments of companies, and shall be delivered by the company to the Executive Secretary of the District and the Auditor of the District, who shall receive and hold the same subject to the lawful orders of the Commissioner, and who shall be responsible for the safekeeping of all securities deposited or delivered under the authority of this section. The company shall have the right to collect the income on deposited securities so long as it continues solvent and complies with the laws of the United States and of the District, and it shall have the right to substitute for such securities other securities, provided such s

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(a) When any company is required by this subdivision to make a deposit in the District, such deposit shall be in securities of the class authorized by this subdivision for investments of companies, and shall be delivered by the company to the Executive Secretary of the District and the Auditor of the District, who shall receive and hold the same subject to the lawful orders of the Commissioner, and who shall be responsible for the safekeeping of all securities deposited or delivered under the authority of this section. The company shall have the right to collect the income on deposited securities so long as it continues solvent and complies with the laws of the United States and of the District, and it shall have the right to substitute for such securities other securities, provided such substituted securities are of the character, amount, and value required by this section, and are approved by the Commissioner; provided, that not less than $25,000 of such deposit shall at all times consist of bonds or other evidences of indebtedness of the United States or of any state of the United States, or of any county or incorporated city of any state of the United States, and that securities of a class different from such bonds or other evidences of indebtedness shall not in any case be accepted for deposit except with the specific approval of and at values determined by the Commissioner.

(b) If the value of securities deposited by any company shall decline, the Commissioner may require the company to make a further deposit, in order that the amount and value of the deposit required by this subdivision shall at all times be maintained.