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If the application is filed by the insured, a copy of the application shall first be delivered to a registered agent of the insurer. If the application is filed by the insurer, a copy of the application shall first be delivered to the insured. Upon showing, by affidavit or otherwise, the failure or neglect of the appraisers to agree upon and select an umpire within the time specified in the policy, the judge shall upon twenty-one days&#8217; notice to all parties appoint a competent and disinterested person to serve as umpire in determining the amount of loss or damage sustained.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":302107,"text":"Whenever appraisers selected under the standard provisions for fire insurance policies set out in \u00a7 38.2-2105 fail for fifteen days to agree upon a person to serve as umpire, the insured or the insurer may apply in writing, for the appointment of an umpire, to the judge of the circuit court of the county or city in which the damaged or destroyed property was located at the time of loss. If the application is filed by the insured, a copy of the application shall first be delivered to a registered agent of the insurer. If the application is filed by the insurer, a copy of the application shall first be delivered to the insured. Upon showing, by affidavit or otherwise, the failure or neglect of the appraisers to agree upon and select an umpire within the time specified in the policy, the judge shall upon twenty-one days&#8217; notice to all parties appoint a competent and disinterested person to serve as umpire in determining the amount of loss or damage sustained.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":13409,"edition_id":1,"name":"Fire Insurance Policies","identifier":"21","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12698,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:50","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:50","permalink":{"id":213407,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13409,"identifier":"21","token":"38.2\/21","url":"\/38.2\/21\/","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":62063,"structure_id":13409,"section_number":"38.2-2100","catch_line":"Application of chapter","url":"\/38.2-2100\/","token":"38.2\/21\/38.2-2100","metadata":false},{"id":77806,"structure_id":13409,"section_number":"38.2-2101","catch_line":"Policies shall conform to provisions of this chapter","url":"\/38.2-2101\/","token":"38.2\/21\/38.2-2101","metadata":false},{"id":71827,"structure_id":13409,"section_number":"38.2-2102","catch_line":"Excluding loss or damage caused by nuclear reaction, nuclear radiation, or radioactive contamination","url":"\/38.2-2102\/","token":"38.2\/21\/38.2-2102","metadata":false},{"id":75374,"structure_id":13409,"section_number":"38.2-2103","catch_line":"Information to be printed on policy","url":"\/38.2-2103\/","token":"38.2\/21\/38.2-2103","metadata":false},{"id":78292,"structure_id":13409,"section_number":"38.2-2104","catch_line":"Standard insuring agreement for fire insurance policies","url":"\/38.2-2104\/","token":"38.2\/21\/38.2-2104","metadata":false},{"id":83792,"structure_id":13409,"section_number":"38.2-2105","catch_line":"Standard provisions, conditions, stipulations and agreements for such policies","url":"\/38.2-2105\/","token":"38.2\/21\/38.2-2105","metadata":false},{"id":75986,"structure_id":13409,"section_number":"38.2-2106","catch_line":"Standard form for execution of policies","url":"\/38.2-2106\/","token":"38.2\/21\/38.2-2106","metadata":false},{"id":79024,"structure_id":13409,"section_number":"38.2-2107","catch_line":"Commission may establish guidelines for filing readable fire insurance policy forms","url":"\/38.2-2107\/","token":"38.2\/21\/38.2-2107","metadata":false},{"id":54378,"structure_id":13409,"section_number":"38.2-2108","catch_line":"Standards for content of fire insurance policies","url":"\/38.2-2108\/","token":"38.2\/21\/38.2-2108","metadata":false},{"id":72503,"structure_id":13409,"section_number":"38.2-2108.1","catch_line":"Commercial fire insurance policies; 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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 1992, chapter 470.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":83792,"section_number":"38.2-2105","catch_line":"Standard provisions, conditions, stipulations and agreements for such policies","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-2105\/"}],"permalink":{"id":213501,"object_type":"law","relational_id":84269,"identifier":"38.2-2121","token":"38.2\/21\/38.2-2121","url":"\/38.2-2121\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/38.2-2121\/","token":"38.2\/21\/38.2-2121","dublin_core":{"Title":"When courts may appoint umpires","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 38.2-2121","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Whenever appraisers selected under the standard provisions for fire <span class=\"dictionary\">insurance policies<\/span> set out in \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Standard provisions, conditions, stipulations and agreements for such policies\" href=\"\/38.2-2105\/\">38.2-2105<\/a> fail for fifteen days to agree upon a <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> to serve as umpire, the insured or the <span class=\"dictionary\">insurer<\/span> may apply in writing, for the appointment of an umpire, to the <span class=\"dictionary\">judge<\/span> of the <span class=\"dictionary\">circuit<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> of the county or city in which the damaged or destroyed property was located at the time of loss. 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If the application is\nfiled by the insurer, a copy of the application shall first be delivered to the\ninsured. Upon showing, by affidavit or otherwise, the failure or neglect of the\nappraisers to agree upon and select an umpire within the time specified in the\npolicy, the judge shall upon twenty-one days&#8217; notice to all parties\nappoint a competent and disinterested person to serve as umpire in determining\nthe amount of loss or damage sustained.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 38-172; 1952, c. 317, \u00a7 38.1-375; 1986, c. 562; 1992, c.\n470.","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}}