North Dakota Code § 26.1-33-19

Computation of cash surrender value
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1. Any cash surrender value available under a life insurance policy in the event of default 
in a premium payment due on any policy anniversary, whether or not required by 
section 26.1-33-18, must be an amount not less than the excess, if any, of the present 
value, on the anniversary, of the future guaranteed benefits which would have been 
provided for by the policy, including any existing paid -up additions, if there had been 
no default, over the sum of:
a. The then present value of the adjusted premiums as defined in sections 
26.1-33-21 through 26.1 -33-24 corresponding to premiums which would have 
fallen due on and after the anniversary; and
b. The amount of any indebtedness to the insurer on the policy.
2. Any life insurance policy issued on or after the operative date of section 26.1 -33-24, 
which provides supplemental life insurance or annuity benefits at the option of the 
insured and for an identifiable additional premium by rider or supplemental policy 
provision, the cash surrender value referred to in subsection 1 must be an amount not 
less than the sum of the cash surrender value for an otherwise similar policy issued at 
the same age without the rider or supplemental policy provision and the cash 
surrender value as defined in subsection 1 for a policy which provides only the benefits 
otherwise provided by the rider or supplemental policy provision.
3. For any family policy issued on or after the operative date of section 26.1 -33-24, which 
defines a primary insured and provides term insurance on the life of the spouse of the 
primary insured expiring before the spouse's age seventy -one, the cash surrender 
value referred to in subsection 1 must be an amount not less than the sum of the cash 
surrender value for an otherwise similar policy issued at the same age without such 
term insurance on the life of the spouse and the cash surrender value as defined in 
subsection 1 for a policy which provides only the benefits otherwise provided by term 
insurance on the life of the spouse.
4. Any cash surrender value available within thirty days after any policy anniversary 
under any policy paid up by completion of all premium payments or any policy 
continued under any paid -up nonforfeiture benefit, whether or not required by section 
26.1-33-18, must be an amount not less than the present value, on such anniversary, 
of the future guaranteed benefits provided for by the policy, including any existing 
paid-up additions, decreased by any indebtedness to the insurer on the policy.

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