WRL SERIES LIFE ACCOUNT
485BPOS, 1997-06-24
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      As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 24, 1997
    
                        Registration No. 33-5143/811-4420

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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                         POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 14
    
                                    FORM S-6
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                    FOR REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT
                 OF 1933 OF SECURITIES OF UNIT INVESTMENT TRUSTS
                            REGISTERED ON FORM N-8B-2
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                             WRL SERIES LIFE ACCOUNT
                              (Exact Name of Trust)

                   WESTERN RESERVE LIFE ASSURANCE CO. OF OHIO
                               (Name of Depositor)
   
                               201 Highland Avenue
                              Largo, Florida 33770
          (Complete Address of Depositor's Principal Executive Offices)

                             Thomas E. Pierpan, Esq.
                  Vice President and Associate General Counsel
                   Western Reserve Life Assurance Co. of Ohio
                               201 Highland Avenue
                              Largo, Florida 33770
                (Name and Complete Address of Agent for Service)

                                   Copies to:

                              Stephen E. Roth, Esq.
                      Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, L.L.P.
                         1275 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
                             Washington, D.C. 20004
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It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate space):
   
 X  immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485

     on  DATE , pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485
    
     60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a) of Rule 485

     on     DATE      , pursuant to paragraph (a) of Rule 485
   
Pursuant  to Rule 24f-2,  the  Registrant  has chosen to register an  indefinite
amount of the securities  being offered.  The Rule 24f-2 notice for Registrant's
most recent fiscal year was filed on February 21, 1997. 
     
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                             WRL Series Life Account
                               WRL FREEDOM SP PLUS


This post-effective  amendment is being filed solely to satisfy the requirements
of Section 26(e)(2)(A) under the Investment Company Act of 1940.

The contents of  Registrant's  previously-filed  registration  statement,  Post-
Effective Amendment No. 13 to the Registration  Statement on Form S-6 of the WRL
Sereis Life Account filed December 29, 1994 (File Nos.  33-5143,  811-4420),  is
incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.

The following undertaking is added to Part II, Undertaking to File Reports:

     Western  Reserve Life  Assurance  Co. of Ohio  ("Western  Reserve")  hereby
represents  that the fees and  charges  deducted  under  the  Contracts,  in the
aggregate,  are  reasonable in relation to the services  rendered,  the expenses
expected to be incurred, and the risks assumed by Western Reserve.

In  addition,  the  Power of  Attorney  of James R.  Walker is  incorporated  by
reference to Exhibit  10(c) to  Post-Effective  Amendment No. 13 to the Form S-6
Registration Statement filed December 24, 1996 (File No.33-31140).

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                                   SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant,  WRL
Serie  Life  Account,   certifies  that  it  meets  all  the   requirements  for
effectiveness of this Registration  Statement  pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the
Securities Act of 1933 and has duly caused this Post-Effective  Amendment No. 14
to its  Registration  Statemen  to be  signed on its  behalf by the  undersigned
thereunto duly authorized, and its seal to be hereunto affixed and attested, all
in the City of Largo,  County  of  Pinellas,  Florida  on this 23rd day of June,
1997.


(SEAL)                                                  WRL SERIES LIFE ACCOUNT
                                                         Registrant


                                                        WESTERN RESERVE LIFE
                                                        ASSURANCE CO. OF OHIO
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                                                        Depositor
ATTEST:



  /s/ Thomas E. Pierpan                                 By:  /s/ John R. Kenney
Thomas E. Pierpan                                       John R. Kenney
Vice President and                                      Chairman of the Board,
Associate General Counsel                               Chief Executive Officer
                                                        and President



     Pursuant  to  the   requirements  of  the  Securities  Act  of  1933,  this
Post-Effective  Amendment No. 14 to the  Registration  Statement has been signed
below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

     Signature and Title                                      Date


/s/ John R. Kenney                                     June 23, 1997
John R. Kenney, Chairman of the
Board, Chief Executive Officer
and President


/s/ Allan J. Hamilton                                  June 23, 1997
Allan J. Hamilton, Vice President,
Treasurer and Controller


/s/ Alan M. Yaeger                                     June 23, 1997
Alan M. Yaeger, Executive Vice
President, Actuary and
Chief Financial Officer*


*Principal Financial Officer

    
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/s/ Kenneth P. Beil                                    June 23, 1997
Kenneth P. Beil
Vice President & Principal
Accounting Officer**


/s/ Patrick S. Baird                                   June 23, 1997
Patrick S. Baird, Director ***/


/s/ Lyman H. Treadway                                  June 23, 1997
Lyman H. Treadway, Director ***/


/s/ Jack E. Zimmerman                                  June 23, 1997
Jack E. Zimmerman, Director ***/


/s/  James R. Walker                                   June 23, 1997
James R. Walker, Director  ***/


**Principal Accounting Officer



***/  /s/ Thomas E. Pierpan
     Signed by: Thomas E. Pierpan
          as Attorney-in-fact
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