{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/38.2-2517.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/38.2-2517.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/38.2-2517.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/38.2-2517.html"}],"law_id":69640,"edition_id":1,"section_id":69640,"structure_id":14941,"section_number":"38.2-2517","catch_line":"Policy forms to be filed","history":"1986, c. 562.","full_text":"Every mutual assessment property and casualty insurer shall file with the Commission a copy of all policy forms and standard endorsements which the insurer intends to use in the transaction of its business. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 562 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 1986 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":62065,"section_number":"38.2-2503","catch_line":"Classes of insurance that may be written by mutual assessment property and casualty insurers; minimum surplus to policyholders required","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-2503\/"},{"id":67920,"section_number":"38.2-300","catch_line":"Scope of chapter","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-300\/"}],"permalink":{"id":213889,"object_type":"law","relational_id":69640,"identifier":"38.2-2517","token":"38.2\/25\/4\/38.2-2517","url":"\/38.2-2517\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/38.2-2517\/","token":"38.2\/25\/4\/38.2-2517","dublin_core":{"Title":"Policy forms to be filed","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 38.2-2517","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Every <span class=\"dictionary\">mutual assessment property and casualty insurer<\/span> shall file with the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span> a copy of all policy forms and standard endorsements which the insurer intends to use in the transaction of its business. <span class=\"dictionary\">Mutual assessment property and casualty insurers<\/span> shall be exempt from the filing requirements of Chapter 3 (\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Scope of chapter\" href=\"\/38.2-300\/\">38.2-300<\/a> et seq.) of this title except for those classes of <span class=\"dictionary\">insurance<\/span> enumerated in subsection C of \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Classes of insurance that may be written by mutual assessment property and casualty insurers; minimum surplus to policyholders required\" href=\"\/38.2-2503\/\">38.2-2503<\/a>, where full compliance with Chapter 3 shall be required.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPOLICY FORMS TO BE FILED (\u00a7 38.2-2517)\n\nEvery mutual assessment property and casualty insurer shall file with the\nCommission a copy of all policy forms and standard endorsements which the\ninsurer intends to use in the transaction of its business. Mutual assessment\nproperty and casualty insurers shall be exempt from the filing requirements of\nChapter 3 (\u00a7 38.2-300 et seq.) of this title except for those classes of\ninsurance enumerated in subsection C of \u00a7 38.2-2503, where full compliance with\nChapter 3 shall be required.\n\nHISTORY: 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}}