{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/38.2-1876.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/38.2-1876.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/38.2-1876.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/38.2-1876.html"}],"law_id":85248,"edition_id":1,"section_id":85248,"structure_id":13455,"section_number":"38.2-1876","catch_line":"Licensure of vendors","history":"2011, c. 222; 2019, c. 675.","full_text":"A\n\nA vendor is required to hold a limited lines property and casualty insurance agent license to sell or offer coverage under a policy of portable electronics insurance.B\n\nOn or before May 1, 2021, and biennially thereafter, each vendor licensed as a limited lines property and casualty insurance agent shall submit to the Commission a renewal application, along with a nonrefundable renewal application processing fee prescribed by the Commission, for the renewal of the license. Any limited lines property and casualty insurance agent license for which the renewal application and nonrefundable renewal application processing fee have been received by the Commission and all other applicable licensing and renewal provisions in this chapter have been met shall, unless the license has been terminated, suspended, or revoked, be renewed for a two-year period. 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This law was first created in 2011. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 222<\/a> 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. 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 2019, chapter 675<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":212861,"object_type":"law","relational_id":85248,"identifier":"38.2-1876","token":"38.2\/18\/8\/38.2-1876","url":"\/38.2-1876\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/38.2-1876\/","token":"38.2\/18\/8\/38.2-1876","dublin_core":{"Title":"Licensure of vendors","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 38.2-1876","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> A vendor<\/span> is required to hold a limited lines property and casualty insurance<\/span> agent license<\/span> to sell<\/span> or offer coverage under a policy of portable electronics insurance<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> On or before May 1, 2021, and biennially thereafter, each vendor<\/span> licensed as a limited lines property and casualty insurance<\/span> agent shall submit to the Commission<\/span> a renewal application, along with a nonrefundable renewal application processing fee prescribed by the Commission<\/span>, for the renewal of the license<\/span>. Any limited lines property and casualty insurance<\/span> agent license<\/span> for which the renewal application and nonrefundable renewal application processing fee have been received by the Commission<\/span> and all other applicable licensing and renewal provisions in this chapter have been met shall, unless the license<\/span> has been terminated, suspended, or revoked, be renewed for a two-year period. Any limited lines property and casualty insurance<\/span> agent license<\/span> for which the renewal application and nonrefundable renewal application processing fee have not been received by the Commission<\/span> shall automatically be terminated. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> A license<\/span> issued under this article shall authorize any employee or authorized representative of a licensed vendor<\/span> to sell<\/span> or offer portable electronics insurance<\/span> coverage under a policy of portable electronics insurance<\/span> to a customer<\/span> at each location at which the vendor<\/span> engages in portable electronics transactions<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D.<\/span> The acts of a licensed vendor<\/span>’s employee or authorized representative offering to sell<\/span> coverage under a policy of portable electronics insurance<\/span> shall be deemed to be the acts of the vendor<\/span> for purposes of this article. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

E.<\/span> Every licensed vendor<\/span> shall maintain a list of all locations in the Commonwealth where the vendor<\/span> offers coverage under a policy of portable electronics insurance<\/span> and shall make the list available to the Commissioner<\/span> for inspection upon request. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

F.<\/span> Notwithstanding any other provision of law<\/span>, a license<\/span> issued pursuant to this article shall authorize the licensed vendor<\/span>’s employees and authorized representatives to engage only in those activities that are expressly permitted in this article. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLICENSURE OF VENDORS (\u00a7 38.2-1876)\n\nA. A vendor is required to hold a limited lines property and casualty insurance\nagent license to sell or offer coverage under a policy of portable electronics\ninsurance.\n\nB. On or before May 1, 2021, and biennially thereafter, each vendor licensed as\na limited lines property and casualty insurance agent shall submit to the\nCommission a renewal application, along with a nonrefundable renewal application\nprocessing fee prescribed by the Commission, for the renewal of the license. Any\nlimited lines property and casualty insurance agent license for which the\nrenewal application and nonrefundable renewal application processing fee have\nbeen received by the Commission and all other applicable licensing and renewal\nprovisions in this chapter have been met shall, unless the license has been\nterminated, suspended, or revoked, be renewed for a two-year period. Any limited\nlines property and casualty insurance agent license for which the renewal\napplication and nonrefundable renewal application processing fee have not been\nreceived by the Commission shall automatically be terminated.\n\nC. A license issued under this article shall authorize any employee or\nauthorized representative of a licensed vendor to sell or offer portable\nelectronics insurance coverage under a policy of portable electronics insurance\nto a customer at each location at which the vendor engages in portable\nelectronics transactions.\n\nD. The acts of a licensed vendor’s employee or authorized representative\noffering to sell coverage under a policy of portable electronics insurance shall\nbe deemed to be the acts of the vendor for purposes of this article.\n\nE. Every licensed vendor shall maintain a list of all locations in the\nCommonwealth where the vendor offers coverage under a policy of portable\nelectronics insurance and shall make the list available to the Commissioner for\ninspection upon request.\n\nF. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a license issued pursuant to this\narticle shall authorize the licensed vendor’s employees and authorized\nrepresentatives to engage only in those activities that are expressly permitted\nin this article.\n\nHISTORY: 2011, c. 222; 2019, c. 675.","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}}