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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 530 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 1981 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. 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 1984, chapter 640; in 1986, chapter 562; in 2001, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?011+ful+CHAP0706\">706<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":74059,"section_number":"54.1-2100","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-2100\/"}],"permalink":{"id":213981,"object_type":"law","relational_id":59105,"identifier":"38.2-2609","token":"38.2\/26\/38.2-2609","url":"\/38.2-2609\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/38.2-2609\/","token":"38.2\/26\/38.2-2609","dublin_core":{"Title":"Qualifications of agents","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 38.2-2609","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>No <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> shall sell, solicit, or negotiate home protection <span class=\"dictionary\">contracts<\/span> in this Commonwealth unless (i) he has a valid license granting the authority to transact such <span class=\"dictionary\">insurance<\/span> in this Commonwealth, (ii) he has a valid license to sell real estate in this Commonwealth, issued pursuant to Chapter 21 (\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Definitions\" href=\"\/54.1-2100\/\">54.1-2100<\/a> et seq.) of Title 54.1, or (iii) he is the builder of the home or one of his authorized agents.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nQUALIFICATIONS OF AGENTS (\u00a7 38.2-2609)\n\nNo person shall sell, solicit, or negotiate home protection contracts in this\nCommonwealth unless (i) he has a valid license granting the authority to\ntransact such insurance in this Commonwealth, (ii) he has a valid license to\nsell real estate in this Commonwealth, issued pursuant to Chapter 21 (\u00a7\n54.1-2100 et seq.) of Title 54.1, or (iii) he is the builder of the home or one\nof his authorized agents.\n\nHISTORY: 1981, c. 530, \u00a7 38.1-939; 1984, c. 640; 1986, c. 562; 2001, c. 706.","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}}