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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 313 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 1977 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1986, chapter 562; in 2001, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?011+ful+CHAP0706\">706<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":211261,"object_type":"law","relational_id":69484,"identifier":"38.2-1211","token":"38.2\/12\/1\/38.2-1211","url":"\/38.2-1211\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/38.2-1211\/","token":"38.2\/12\/1\/38.2-1211","dublin_core":{"Title":"License required of agent","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 38.2-1211","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>No <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> shall act in this Commonwealth as an agent of a reciprocal in the selling, solicitation or negotiation of applications for <span class=\"dictionary\">insurance<\/span>, subscriber&#8217;s agreements and powers of attorney, or in the collection of premiums in connection with the reciprocal <span class=\"dictionary\">insurer<\/span>, without first procuring a license from the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span> pursuant to the requirements in Chapter 18 of this title. 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