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urn: urn:us-la:rs:22:755
citation: "R.S. 22:755"
status: active
breadcrumb: "Title 22 › Chapter 2 › Part IV › Subpart A"
acts_citations:
  - { year: 1958, number: 125, section: None, effective_date: null, role: enactment }
---

# Penalty; improper payment of dividends

Any officer or director of any insurer who votes or assents to any payment, either to stockholders or policyholders, in violation of any of the provisions of R.S. 22:754 shall forfeit to the state the sum of five thousand dollars, to be recovered in an action brought in the name of the commissioner of insurance.