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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 665 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1980 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 1986, chapter 562.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":211185,"object_type":"law","relational_id":83328,"identifier":"38.2-1103","token":"38.2\/11\/38.2-1103","url":"\/38.2-1103\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/38.2-1103\/","token":"38.2\/11\/38.2-1103","dublin_core":{"Title":"Name","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 38.2-1103","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>A <span class=\"dictionary\">captive insurer<\/span> shall not adopt the name of any existing <span class=\"dictionary\">company<\/span> transacting a similar business or any name so familiar that it may mislead the public.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nNAME (\u00a7 38.2-1103)\n\nA captive insurer shall not adopt the name of any existing company transacting a\nsimilar business or any name so familiar that it may mislead the public.\n\nHISTORY: 1980, c. 665, \u00a7 38.1-919; 1986, c. 562.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}