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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 158 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 1993 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":211799,"object_type":"law","relational_id":78695,"identifier":"38.2-1344","token":"38.2\/13\/7\/38.2-1344","url":"\/38.2-1344\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/38.2-1344\/","token":"38.2\/13\/7\/38.2-1344","dublin_core":{"Title":"Disclosure","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 38.2-1344","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The producer, prior to the effective date of the policy, shall deliver written notice to the prospective insured disclosing the relationship between the producer and the <span class=\"dictionary\">controlled insurer<\/span>. However, if the business is placed through a subproducer who is not a <span class=\"dictionary\">controlling producer<\/span>, the <span class=\"dictionary\">controlling producer<\/span> shall retain in his records a signed commitment from the subproducer that the subproducer is aware of the relationship between the insurer and the producer and that the subproducer has or will notify the insured.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDISCLOSURE (\u00a7 38.2-1344)\n\nThe producer, prior to the effective date of the policy, shall deliver written\nnotice to the prospective insured disclosing the relationship between the\nproducer and the controlled insurer. However, if the business is placed through\na subproducer who is not a controlling producer, the controlling producer shall\nretain in his records a signed commitment from the subproducer that the\nsubproducer is aware of the relationship between the insurer and the producer\nand that the subproducer has or will notify the insured.\n\nHISTORY: 1993, c. 158.","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}}