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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 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 1987, chapter 521.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":71497,"section_number":"38.2-1040","catch_line":"Refusal, suspension or revocation of license","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-1040\/"},{"id":56139,"section_number":"38.2-1833","catch_line":"Appointments of agents","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-1833\/"},{"id":64490,"section_number":"38.2-218","catch_line":"Penalties and restitution payments","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-218\/"}],"permalink":{"id":212591,"object_type":"law","relational_id":60737,"identifier":"38.2-1835","token":"38.2\/18\/3\/38.2-1835","url":"\/38.2-1835\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/38.2-1835\/","token":"38.2\/18\/3\/38.2-1835","dublin_core":{"Title":"Failure to appoint","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 38.2-1835","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Any <span class=\"dictionary\">insurer<\/span> that accepts applications from an unlicensed agent or does not appoint a licensed agent pursuant to the provisions of \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Appointments of agents\" href=\"\/38.2-1833\/\">38.2-1833<\/a> shall be penalized as provided in \u00a7\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Penalties and restitution payments\" href=\"\/38.2-218\/\">38.2-218<\/a> and <a class=\"law\" title=\"Refusal, suspension or revocation of license\" href=\"\/38.2-1040\/\">38.2-1040<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nFAILURE TO APPOINT (\u00a7 38.2-1835)\n\nAny insurer that accepts applications from an unlicensed agent or does not\nappoint a licensed agent pursuant to the provisions of \u00a7 38.2-1833 shall be\npenalized as provided in \u00a7\u00a7 38.2-218 and 38.2-1040.\n\nHISTORY: 1985, c. 616, \u00a7 38.1-327.44:3; 1986, c. 562; 1987, c. 521.","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}}