Insurance Code (usually included in commercial codals)
Section 195. No domestic insurance corporation shall declare or distribute any dividend on its outstanding stocks except from profits attested in a sworn statement to the Commissioner by the president or treasurer of the corporation to be remaining on hand after retaining unimpaired:
(a) The entire paid-up capital stock;
(b) The margin of solvency required by section one hundred ninety-four;
(c) In the case of life insurance corporation, the legal reserve fund required by section two hundred eleven;
(d) In the case of corporations other than life, the legal reserve fund required by section two hundred thirteen;
(e) A sum sufficient to pay all net losses reported, or in the course of settlement, and all liabilities for expenses and taxes.
Any dividend declared or distributed under the preceding paragraph shall be reported to the Commissioner within thirty days after such declaration or distribution.
If the Commissioner finds that any such corporation has declared or distributed any such dividend in violation of this section, he may order such corporation to cease and desist from doing business until the amount of such dividend or the portion thereof in excess of the amount allowed under this section has been restored to said corporation.