{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/38.2-2006.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/38.2-2006.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/38.2-2006.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/38.2-2006.html"}],"law_id":66814,"edition_id":1,"section_id":66814,"structure_id":14874,"section_number":"38.2-2006","catch_line":"Approval by Commission prerequisite to use of filing","history":"Code 1950, \u00a7\u00a7 38-210, 38-253.29, 38-253.75; 1952, c. 317, \u00a7 38.1-253; 1986, c. 562; 1987, c. 697.","full_text":"A\n\nExcept as provided in &#xA7; 38.2-2010, no filing shall become effective, be applied, or be used in this Commonwealth until it has been approved by the Commission. However, a rate produced in accordance with a rating schedule or rating plan, previously approved by the Commission, may be used pending the approval.B\n\nA filing shall be deemed to meet the requirements of this chapter and to become effective unless disapproved by the Commission within sixty days of the time that the filing was made. However, the Commission may extend the waiting period for thirty additional days by written notice to the filer before the sixty-day period expires.C\n\nIf a filing is not accompanied by the information necessary for the Commission to determine if the requirements of &#xA7; 38.2-2005 are satisfied, the Commission shall so inform the filer within sixty days of the initial filing. The filing shall be deemed to be made when the necessary information is furnished.D\n\nThe provisions of subsection B of this section shall be suspended when the Commission has ordered a hearing to be held under the provisions of &#xA7; 38.2-2007.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":242286,"text":"Except as provided in &#xA7; 38.2-2010, no filing shall become effective, be applied, or be used in this Commonwealth until it has been approved by the Commission. However, a rate produced in accordance with a rating schedule or rating plan, previously approved by the Commission, may be used pending the approval.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":242287,"text":"A filing shall be deemed to meet the requirements of this chapter and to become effective unless disapproved by the Commission within sixty days of the time that the filing was made. However, the Commission may extend the waiting period for thirty additional days by written notice to the filer before the sixty-day period expires.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"C"},"2":{"id":242288,"text":"If a filing is not accompanied by the information necessary for the Commission to determine if the requirements of &#xA7; 38.2-2005 are satisfied, the Commission shall so inform the filer within sixty days of the initial filing. The filing shall be deemed to be made when the necessary information is furnished.","type":"section","prefixes":["C"],"prefix":"C","entire_prefix":"C","prefix_anchor":"C","level":1,"prior_prefix":"B","next_prefix":"D"},"3":{"id":242289,"text":"The provisions of subsection B of this section shall be suspended when the Commission has ordered a hearing to be held under the provisions of &#xA7; 38.2-2007.","type":"section","prefixes":["D"],"prefix":"D","entire_prefix":"D","prefix_anchor":"D","level":1,"prior_prefix":"C"}},"ancestry":[{"id":14874,"edition_id":1,"name":"Rate Filings and Making of Rates","identifier":"2","label":"article","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13596,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:50:31","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:50:31","permalink":{"id":213297,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":14874,"identifier":"2","token":"38.2\/20\/2","url":"\/38.2\/20\/2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13596,"edition_id":1,"name":"Regulation of Rates for Certain Types of Insurance","identifier":"20","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12698,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:45:21","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:45:21","permalink":{"id":213273,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13596,"identifier":"20","token":"38.2\/20","url":"\/38.2\/20\/","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":86394,"structure_id":14874,"section_number":"38.2-2003","catch_line":"Rate filings by insurer; 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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 1952, chapter 317; in 1986, chapter 562; in 1987, chapter 697.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":86135,"section_number":"38.2-2005","catch_line":"Provisions governing making of rates","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-2005\/"},{"id":62692,"section_number":"38.2-2007","catch_line":"Commission to determine if notice of filing to be published; hearing; approval or disapproval","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-2007\/"},{"id":61288,"section_number":"38.2-2010","catch_line":"Suspension or modification of requirement for filing","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-2010\/"}],"permalink":{"id":213311,"object_type":"law","relational_id":66814,"identifier":"38.2-2006","token":"38.2\/20\/2\/38.2-2006","url":"\/38.2-2006\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/38.2-2006\/","token":"38.2\/20\/2\/38.2-2006","dublin_core":{"Title":"Approval by Commission prerequisite to use of filing","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 38.2-2006","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> Except as provided in &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Suspension or modification of requirement for filing\" href=\"\/38.2-2010\/\">38.2-2010<\/a>, no filing shall become effective, be applied, or be used in this Commonwealth until it has been approved by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span>. However, a <span class=\"dictionary\">rate<\/span> produced in accordance with a rating schedule or rating plan, previously approved by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span>, may be used pending the approval. <a id=\"paragraph-242286\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/38.2-2006\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> A filing shall be deemed to meet the requirements of this chapter and to become effective unless disapproved by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span> within sixty days of the time that the filing was made. However, the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span> may extend the waiting period for thirty additional days by written notice to the filer before the sixty-day period expires. <a id=\"paragraph-242287\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/38.2-2006\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"C\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">C.<\/span> If a filing is not accompanied by the information necessary for the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span> to determine if the requirements of &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Provisions governing making of rates\" href=\"\/38.2-2005\/\">38.2-2005<\/a> are satisfied, the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span> shall so inform the filer within sixty days of the initial filing. The filing shall be deemed to be made when the necessary information is furnished. <a id=\"paragraph-242288\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/38.2-2006\/#C\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"D\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">D.<\/span> The provisions of subsection B of this section shall be suspended when the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span> has ordered a <span class=\"dictionary\">hearing<\/span> to be held under the provisions of &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Commission to determine if notice of filing to be published; hearing; approval or disapproval\" href=\"\/38.2-2007\/\">38.2-2007<\/a>. <a id=\"paragraph-242289\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/38.2-2006\/#D\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAPPROVAL BY COMMISSION PREREQUISITE TO USE OF FILING (\u00a7 38.2-2006)\n\nA. Except as provided in &#xA7; 38.2-2010, no filing shall become effective, be\napplied, or be used in this Commonwealth until it has been approved by the\nCommission. However, a rate produced in accordance with a rating schedule or\nrating plan, previously approved by the Commission, may be used pending the\napproval.\n\nB. A filing shall be deemed to meet the requirements of this chapter and to\nbecome effective unless disapproved by the Commission within sixty days of the\ntime that the filing was made. However, the Commission may extend the waiting\nperiod for thirty additional days by written notice to the filer before the\nsixty-day period expires.\n\nC. If a filing is not accompanied by the information necessary for the\nCommission to determine if the requirements of &#xA7; 38.2-2005 are satisfied,\nthe Commission shall so inform the filer within sixty days of the initial\nfiling. The filing shall be deemed to be made when the necessary information is\nfurnished.\n\nD. The provisions of subsection B of this section shall be suspended when the\nCommission has ordered a hearing to be held under the provisions of &#xA7;\n38.2-2007.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7\u00a7 38-210, 38-253.29, 38-253.75; 1952, c. 317, \u00a7\n38.1-253; 1986, c. 562; 1987, c. 697.","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}}