{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/38.2-1833.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/38.2-1833.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/38.2-1833.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/38.2-1833.html"}],"law_id":56139,"edition_id":1,"section_id":56139,"structure_id":13204,"section_number":"38.2-1833","catch_line":"Appointments of agents","history":"1985, c. 616, \u00a7 38.1-327.44:1; 1986, c. 562; 1987, c. 521; 1988, c. 302; 1994, c. 316; 2001, c. 706; 2003, c. 871; 2008, c. 357; 2025, c. 481.","full_text":"A\n\nSubject to the requirement of \u00a7 38.2-1801, every licensed agent may sell policies and solicit applications for insurance for any one or more of the classes of insurance for which he is licensed on behalf of an insurer (i) also licensed in the Commonwealth for those classes of insurance and (ii) by which the licensed agent has not yet been validly appointed, subject to the following requirements:1\n\nThe insurer shall, within 30 calendar days of the date of execution of the first insurance application or policy submitted by a licensed but not yet appointed agent, either reject such application or policy or notify the Commission of the appointment in a manner acceptable to the Commission. An insurer may elect to appoint an agent to represent all or some of the insurers within the insurer’s holding company system or group by the submission of a single notice of appointment for each appointment type applicable.2\n\nThe insurer shall provide to the licensed agent, within the same 30-day period, a verification that the notice of appointment was provided to the Commission.3\n\nThe Commission shall notify the appointing insurer if the appointment of the agent is invalid, and the insurer shall notify the agent in writing of the invalid appointment within five business days of receiving such notice from the Commission. Any agent who sells or solicits insurance on behalf of the insurer after being notified of an invalid appointment shall be in violation of this section and shall be subject to penalties as prescribed in §§ 38.2-218 and 38.2-1831.B\n\nEach agent’s appointment record shall be public information and shall be available for public inspection.C\n\nEach insurer shall pay a nonrefundable appointment processing fee, in an amount prescribed by the Commission, for each appointment notification submitted by the insurer to the Commission.D\n\nThe prescribed appointment fee shall not be less than $7 nor more than $25.E\n\nAll appointment processing fees collected by the Commission shall be paid directly into the state treasury and credited to the fund for the maintenance of the Bureau of Insurance as provided in subsection B of § 38.2-400.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":205748,"text":"Subject to the requirement of \u00a7 38.2-1801, every licensed agent may sell policies and solicit applications for insurance for any one or more of the classes of insurance for which he is licensed on behalf of an insurer (i) also licensed in the Commonwealth for those classes of insurance and (ii) by which the licensed agent has not yet been validly appointed, subject to the following requirements:","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"A1"},"1":{"id":205749,"text":"The insurer shall, within 30 calendar days of the date of execution of the first insurance application or policy submitted by a licensed but not yet appointed agent, either reject such application or policy or notify the Commission of the appointment in a manner acceptable to the Commission. An insurer may elect to appoint an agent to represent all or some of the insurers within the insurer’s holding company system or group by the submission of a single notice of appointment for each appointment type applicable.","type":"section","prefixes":["A","1"],"prefix":"1","entire_prefix":"A1","prefix_anchor":"A1","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"A2"},"2":{"id":205750,"text":"The insurer shall provide to the licensed agent, within the same 30-day period, a verification that the notice of appointment was provided to the Commission.","type":"section","prefixes":["A","2"],"prefix":"2","entire_prefix":"A2","prefix_anchor":"A2","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A1","next_prefix":"A3"},"3":{"id":205751,"text":"The Commission shall notify the appointing insurer if the appointment of the agent is invalid, and the insurer shall notify the agent in writing of the invalid appointment within five business days of receiving such notice from the Commission. Any agent who sells or solicits insurance on behalf of the insurer after being notified of an invalid appointment shall be in violation of this section and shall be subject to penalties as prescribed in §§ 38.2-218 and 38.2-1831.","type":"section","prefixes":["A","3"],"prefix":"3","entire_prefix":"A3","prefix_anchor":"A3","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A2","next_prefix":"B"},"4":{"id":205752,"text":"Each agent’s appointment record shall be public information and shall be available for public inspection.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A3","next_prefix":"C"},"5":{"id":205753,"text":"Each insurer shall pay a nonrefundable appointment processing fee, in an amount prescribed by the Commission, for each appointment notification submitted by the insurer to the Commission.","type":"section","prefixes":["C"],"prefix":"C","entire_prefix":"C","prefix_anchor":"C","level":1,"prior_prefix":"B","next_prefix":"D"},"6":{"id":205754,"text":"The prescribed appointment fee shall not be less than $7 nor more than $25.","type":"section","prefixes":["D"],"prefix":"D","entire_prefix":"D","prefix_anchor":"D","level":1,"prior_prefix":"C","next_prefix":"E"},"7":{"id":205755,"text":"All appointment processing fees collected by the Commission shall be paid directly into the state treasury and credited to the fund for the maintenance of the Bureau of Insurance as provided in subsection B of § 38.2-400.","type":"section","prefixes":["E"],"prefix":"E","entire_prefix":"E","prefix_anchor":"E","level":1,"prior_prefix":"D"}},"ancestry":[{"id":13204,"edition_id":1,"name":"Licensing and Appointment of Agents","identifier":"3","label":"article","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13203,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:26","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:26","permalink":{"id":212513,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13204,"identifier":"3","token":"38.2\/18\/3","url":"\/38.2\/18\/3\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13203,"edition_id":1,"name":"Insurance Agents","identifier":"18","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12698,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:26","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:26","permalink":{"id":212411,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13203,"identifier":"18","token":"38.2\/18","url":"\/38.2\/18\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12698,"edition_id":1,"name":"Insurance","identifier":"38.2","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","permalink":{"id":210661,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12698,"identifier":"38.2","token":"38.2","url":"\/38.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":60216,"structure_id":13204,"section_number":"38.2-1819","catch_line":"Application for license; 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This law was first created in 1985. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 616 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 1985 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 8 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 1987, chapter 521; in 1988, chapter 302; in 1994, chapter 316<\/a>; in 2001, chapter 706<\/a>; in 2003, chapter 871<\/a>; in 2008, chapter 357<\/a>; in 2025, chapter 481<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":67482,"section_number":"38.2-1800","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-1800\/"},{"id":60737,"section_number":"38.2-1835","catch_line":"Failure to appoint","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-1835\/"},{"id":63261,"section_number":"38.2-3734","catch_line":"License requirements","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-3734\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":76029,"section_number":"38.2-1801","catch_line":"Person soliciting insurance deemed agent of insurer; prohibition against misrepresenting agency relationship","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-1801\/"},{"id":64490,"section_number":"38.2-218","catch_line":"Penalties and restitution payments","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-218\/"},{"id":57860,"section_number":"38.2-400","catch_line":"Expense of administration of insurance laws borne by licensees; minimum contribution","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-400\/"}],"permalink":{"id":212579,"object_type":"law","relational_id":56139,"identifier":"38.2-1833","token":"38.2\/18\/3\/38.2-1833","url":"\/38.2-1833\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/38.2-1833\/","token":"38.2\/18\/3\/38.2-1833","dublin_core":{"Title":"Appointments of agents","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 38.2-1833","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Subject to the requirement of \u00a7 38.2-1801<\/a>, every licensed agent may sell<\/span> policies and solicit<\/span> applications for insurance<\/span> for any one or more of the classes of insurance<\/span> for which he is licensed on behalf of an insurer<\/span> (i) also licensed in the Commonwealth for those classes of insurance<\/span> and (ii) by which the licensed agent has not yet been validly appointed, subject to the following requirements: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> The insurer<\/span> shall, within 30 calendar days of the date of execution of the first insurance<\/span> application or policy submitted by a licensed but not yet appointed agent, either reject such application or policy or notify the Commission<\/span> of the appointment in a manner acceptable to the Commission<\/span>. An insurer<\/span> may elect to appoint an agent to represent all or some of the insurers<\/span> within the insurer<\/span>’s holding company<\/span> system or group by the submission of a single notice of appointment for each appointment type applicable. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> The insurer<\/span> shall provide to the licensed agent, within the same 30-day period, a verification that the notice of appointment was provided to the Commission<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> The Commission<\/span> shall notify the appointing insurer<\/span> if the appointment of the agent is invalid, and the insurer<\/span> shall notify the agent in writing of the invalid appointment within five business days of receiving such notice from the Commission<\/span>. Any agent who sells<\/span> or solicits<\/span> insurance<\/span> on behalf of the insurer<\/span> after being notified of an invalid appointment shall be in violation of this section and shall be subject to penalties as prescribed in §§ 38.2-218<\/a> and 38.2-1831<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Each agent’s appointment record shall be public information and shall be available for public inspection. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> Each insurer<\/span> shall pay a nonrefundable appointment processing fee, in an amount prescribed by the Commission<\/span>, for each appointment notification submitted by the insurer<\/span> to the Commission<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D.<\/span> The prescribed appointment fee shall not be less than $7 nor more than $25. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

E.<\/span> All appointment processing fees collected by the Commission<\/span> shall be paid directly into the state<\/span> treasury and credited to the fund for the maintenance of the Bureau of Insurance<\/span> as provided in subsection B of § 38.2-400<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAPPOINTMENTS OF AGENTS (\u00a7 38.2-1833)\n\nA. Subject to the requirement of \u00a7 38.2-1801, every licensed agent may sell\npolicies and solicit applications for insurance for any one or more of the\nclasses of insurance for which he is licensed on behalf of an insurer (i) also\nlicensed in the Commonwealth for those classes of insurance and (ii) by which\nthe licensed agent has not yet been validly appointed, subject to the following\nrequirements:\n\n 1. The insurer shall, within 30 calendar days of the date of execution of the\n first insurance application or policy submitted by a licensed but not yet\n appointed agent, either reject such application or policy or notify the\n Commission of the appointment in a manner acceptable to the Commission. An\n insurer may elect to appoint an agent to represent all or some of the insurers\n within the insurer’s holding company system or group by the submission\n of a single notice of appointment for each appointment type applicable.\n\n 2. The insurer shall provide to the licensed agent, within the same 30-day\n period, a verification that the notice of appointment was provided to the\n Commission.\n\n 3. The Commission shall notify the appointing insurer if the appointment of\n the agent is invalid, and the insurer shall notify the agent in writing of the\n invalid appointment within five business days of receiving such notice from\n the Commission. Any agent who sells or solicits insurance on behalf of the\n insurer after being notified of an invalid appointment shall be in violation\n of this section and shall be subject to penalties as prescribed in\n §§ 38.2-218 and 38.2-1831.\n\nB. Each agent’s appointment record shall be public information and shall\nbe available for public inspection.\n\nC. Each insurer shall pay a nonrefundable appointment processing fee, in an\namount prescribed by the Commission, for each appointment notification submitted\nby the insurer to the Commission.\n\nD. The prescribed appointment fee shall not be less than $7 nor more than $25.\n\nE. All appointment processing fees collected by the Commission shall be paid\ndirectly into the state treasury and credited to the fund for the maintenance of\nthe Bureau of Insurance as provided in subsection B of § 38.2-400.\n\nHISTORY: 1985, c. 616, \u00a7 38.1-327.44:1; 1986, c. 562; 1987, c. 521; 1988, c.\n302; 1994, c. 316; 2001, c. 706; 2003, c. 871; 2008, c. 357; 2025, c. 481.","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}}