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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 476 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 1952 \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 1973, chapter 28; in 1986, chapter 562.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":76452,"section_number":"38.2-2209","catch_line":"Motor vehicle liability medical benefit insurer not to retain right of subrogation to recover from third party","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-2209\/"},{"id":62539,"section_number":"38.2-3405","catch_line":"Certain subrogation provisions and limitations upon recovery in hospital, medical, etc., policies forbidden; limitations on disclosure of medical treatment options prohibited","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-3405\/"}],"permalink":{"id":213125,"object_type":"law","relational_id":78608,"identifier":"38.2-207","token":"38.2\/2\/38.2-207","url":"\/38.2-207\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/38.2-207\/","token":"38.2\/2\/38.2-207","dublin_core":{"Title":"Enforcement of right of subrogation in name of insured","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 38.2-207","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Except for <span class=\"dictionary\">contracts<\/span> or plans subject to \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Certain subrogation provisions and limitations upon recovery in hospital, medical, etc., policies forbidden; limitations on disclosure of medical treatment options prohibited\" href=\"\/38.2-3405\/\">38.2-3405<\/a> or \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Motor vehicle liability medical benefit insurer not to retain right of subrogation to recover from third party\" href=\"\/38.2-2209\/\">38.2-2209<\/a>, when any <span class=\"dictionary\">insurer<\/span> pays an insured under a <span class=\"dictionary\">contract<\/span> of <span class=\"dictionary\">insurance<\/span> which provides that the <span class=\"dictionary\">insurer<\/span> becomes subrogated to the rights of the insured against any other <span class=\"dictionary\">party<\/span> the <span class=\"dictionary\">insurer<\/span> may enforce the legal liability of the other <span class=\"dictionary\">party<\/span>. This action may be brought in its own name or in the name of the insured or the insured&#8217;s personal representative.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nENFORCEMENT OF RIGHT OF SUBROGATION IN NAME OF INSURED (\u00a7 38.2-207)\n\nExcept for contracts or plans subject to \u00a7 38.2-3405 or \u00a7 38.2-2209, when any\ninsurer pays an insured under a contract of insurance which provides that the\ninsurer becomes subrogated to the rights of the insured against any other party\nthe insurer may enforce the legal liability of the other party. This action may\nbe brought in its own name or in the name of the insured or the insured&#8217;s\npersonal representative.\n\nHISTORY: 1952, c. 476, \u00a7 38.1-31.2; 1973, c. 28; 1986, c. 562.","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}}