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The Association may apply to have the judgment under any decision, order, verdict, or finding based on default set aside by the same court that made the judgment and shall be permitted to defend against the suit on the merits.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":216619,"text":"All proceedings in which the insolvent member insurer is a party in any court in this Commonwealth shall be stayed 180 days from the date an order of liquidation, rehabilitation, or conservation is final to permit proper legal action by the Association on all matters germane to its powers and duties. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 330 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 1976 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 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 2010, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?101+ful+CHAP0510\">510<\/a>; in 2018, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?181+ful+CHAP0706\">706<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":212377,"object_type":"law","relational_id":59069,"identifier":"38.2-1714","token":"38.2\/17\/1\/38.2-1714","url":"\/38.2-1714\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/38.2-1714\/","token":"38.2\/17\/1\/38.2-1714","dublin_core":{"Title":"Stay of proceedings; reopening default judgments","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 38.2-1714","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>All proceedings in which the insolvent <span class=\"dictionary\">member insurer<\/span> is a <span class=\"dictionary\">party<\/span> in any <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> in this Commonwealth shall be stayed 180 days from the date an <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span> of <span class=\"dictionary\">liquidation<\/span>, rehabilitation, or conservation is final to permit proper legal action by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Association<\/span> on all matters germane to its powers and duties. The <span class=\"dictionary\">Association<\/span> may apply to have the <span class=\"dictionary\">judgment<\/span> under any decision, <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span>, <span class=\"dictionary\">verdict<\/span>, or <span class=\"dictionary\">finding<\/span> based on <span class=\"dictionary\">default<\/span> set aside by the same <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> that made the <span class=\"dictionary\">judgment<\/span> and shall be permitted to defend against the suit on the merits.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSTAY OF PROCEEDINGS; REOPENING DEFAULT JUDGMENTS (\u00a7 38.2-1714)\n\nAll proceedings in which the insolvent member insurer is a party in any court in\nthis Commonwealth shall be stayed 180 days from the date an order of\nliquidation, rehabilitation, or conservation is final to permit proper legal\naction by the Association on all matters germane to its powers and duties. The\nAssociation may apply to have the judgment under any decision, order, verdict,\nor finding based on default set aside by the same court that made the judgment\nand shall be permitted to defend against the suit on the merits.\n\nHISTORY: 1976, c. 330, \u00a7 38.1-482.32; 1986, c. 562; 2010, c. 510; 2018, c. 706.","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}}