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Any officer, trustee, board member or legal representative of a corporation, board, estate or association may be recognized as acting for or on its behalf for the purpose of the membership, but shall not be personally liable under the contract of insurance by reason of acting in such representative capacity.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":289278,"text":"Any person having a risk insurable under this chapter who resides in the territory in which the insurer operates or who owns property located in the territory may become a member of a mutual assessment property and casualty insurer and shall be entitled to all the rights and privileges pertaining to membership. Any officer, trustee, board member or legal representative of a corporation, board, estate or association may be recognized as acting for or on its behalf for the purpose of the membership, but shall not be personally liable under the contract of insurance by reason of acting in such representative capacity.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":14916,"edition_id":1,"name":"Members","identifier":"3","label":"article","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13766,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:50:45","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:50:45","permalink":{"id":213865,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":14916,"identifier":"3","token":"38.2\/25\/3","url":"\/38.2\/25\/3\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13766,"edition_id":1,"name":"Mutual Assessment Property and Casualty Insurers","identifier":"25","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12698,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:45:49","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:45:49","permalink":{"id":213811,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13766,"identifier":"25","token":"38.2\/25","url":"\/38.2\/25\/","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":80694,"structure_id":14916,"section_number":"38.2-2512","catch_line":"Who may become members","url":"\/38.2-2512\/","token":"38.2\/25\/3\/38.2-2512","metadata":false},{"id":73136,"structure_id":14916,"section_number":"38.2-2513","catch_line":"Withdrawal and exclusion of members","url":"\/38.2-2513\/","token":"38.2\/25\/3\/38.2-2513","metadata":false},{"id":56928,"structure_id":14916,"section_number":"38.2-2514","catch_line":"Procedure upon exclusion of member","url":"\/38.2-2514\/","token":"38.2\/25\/3\/38.2-2514","metadata":false},{"id":67254,"structure_id":14916,"section_number":"38.2-2515","catch_line":"Insurers to maintain membership of 100 or more; license suspended or revoked if membership not maintained; rehabilitation or liquidation","url":"\/38.2-2515\/","token":"38.2\/25\/3\/38.2-2515","metadata":false}],"next_section":{"id":73136,"structure_id":14916,"section_number":"38.2-2513","catch_line":"Withdrawal and exclusion of members","url":"\/38.2-2513\/","token":"38.2\/25\/3\/38.2-2513","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/38.2-2512\/","history_text":"<p>This law was first created in 1952. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 317 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 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 1986, chapter 562.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":213867,"object_type":"law","relational_id":80694,"identifier":"38.2-2512","token":"38.2\/25\/3\/38.2-2512","url":"\/38.2-2512\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/38.2-2512\/","token":"38.2\/25\/3\/38.2-2512","dublin_core":{"Title":"Who may become members","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 38.2-2512","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Any <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> having a risk insurable under this chapter who resides in the territory in which the insurer operates or who owns property located in the territory may become a member of a <span class=\"dictionary\">mutual assessment property and casualty insurer<\/span> and shall be entitled to all the rights and <span class=\"dictionary\">privileges<\/span> pertaining to membership. Any officer, trustee, board member or legal representative of a corporation, board, estate or association may be recognized as acting for or on its behalf for the purpose of the membership, but shall not be personally liable under the <span class=\"dictionary\">contract<\/span> of <span class=\"dictionary\">insurance<\/span> by reason of acting in such representative capacity.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nWHO MAY BECOME MEMBERS (\u00a7 38.2-2512)\n\nAny person having a risk insurable under this chapter who resides in the\nterritory in which the insurer operates or who owns property located in the\nterritory may become a member of a mutual assessment property and casualty\ninsurer and shall be entitled to all the rights and privileges pertaining to\nmembership. Any officer, trustee, board member or legal representative of a\ncorporation, board, estate or association may be recognized as acting for or on\nits behalf for the purpose of the membership, but shall not be personally liable\nunder the contract of insurance by reason of acting in such representative\ncapacity.\n\nHISTORY: 1952, c. 317, \u00a7 38.1-669; 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}}