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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 505 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 1973 \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":[{"id":55347,"section_number":"38.2-4214","catch_line":"Application of certain provisions of law","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-4214\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":211671,"object_type":"law","relational_id":56656,"identifier":"38.2-1334","token":"38.2\/13\/5\/38.2-1334","url":"\/38.2-1334\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/38.2-1334\/","token":"38.2\/13\/5\/38.2-1334","dublin_core":{"Title":"Revocation, suspension, or nonrenewal of insurer&#8217;s license","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 38.2-1334","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Whenever it appears to the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span> that any <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> has committed a violation of this article that makes the continued operation of an <span class=\"dictionary\">insurer<\/span> contrary to the interests of policyholders or the public, the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span> after giving notice and an opportunity to be heard, may suspend, revoke or refuse to renew the <span class=\"dictionary\">insurer<\/span>&#8217;s license to transact business in this Commonwealth for whatever period it finds is required for the protection of policyholders or the public. 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