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In addition, Article 1 (\u00a7 58.1-2500 et seq.) and Article 2 (\u00a7 58.1-2520 et seq.) of Chapter 25 of Title 58.1 shall apply to the operation of a home protection company.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":270719,"text":"Except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter or where the context requires otherwise, all of the provisions of this title that apply to property and casualty insurers shall apply in every respect to home protection companies licensed under this chapter. In addition, Article 1 (\u00a7 58.1-2500 et seq.) and Article 2 (\u00a7 58.1-2520 et seq.) of Chapter 25 of Title 58.1 shall apply to the operation of a home protection company.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":12840,"edition_id":1,"name":"Home Protection Companies","identifier":"26","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12698,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:56","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:56","permalink":{"id":213943,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12840,"identifier":"26","token":"38.2\/26","url":"\/38.2\/26\/","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":85986,"structure_id":12840,"section_number":"38.2-2600","catch_line":"Definitions","url":"\/38.2-2600\/","token":"38.2\/26\/38.2-2600","metadata":false},{"id":75121,"structure_id":12840,"section_number":"38.2-2601","catch_line":"Exemptions","url":"\/38.2-2601\/","token":"38.2\/26\/38.2-2601","metadata":false},{"id":59380,"structure_id":12840,"section_number":"38.2-2602","catch_line":"Limited applicability to certain insurers","url":"\/38.2-2602\/","token":"38.2\/26\/38.2-2602","metadata":false},{"id":66093,"structure_id":12840,"section_number":"38.2-2603","catch_line":"License required; 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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 1986, chapter 562; in 2006, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?061+ful+CHAP0634\">634<\/a>; in 2017, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0727\">727<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":56221,"section_number":"58.1-2500","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/58.1-2500\/"},{"id":77497,"section_number":"58.1-2520","catch_line":"Requirement of declaration","order_by":null,"url":"\/58.1-2520\/"}],"permalink":{"id":213997,"object_type":"law","relational_id":75413,"identifier":"38.2-2613","token":"38.2\/26\/38.2-2613","url":"\/38.2-2613\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/38.2-2613\/","token":"38.2\/26\/38.2-2613","dublin_core":{"Title":"Application of insurance laws","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 38.2-2613","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter or where the context requires otherwise, all of the provisions of this title that apply to property and casualty <span class=\"dictionary\">insurers<\/span> shall apply in every respect to home protection companies licensed under this chapter. In addition, Article 1 (\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Definitions\" href=\"\/58.1-2500\/\">58.1-2500<\/a> et seq.) and Article 2 (\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Requirement of declaration\" href=\"\/58.1-2520\/\">58.1-2520<\/a> et seq.) of Chapter 25 of Title 58.1 shall apply to the operation of a <span class=\"dictionary\">home protection company<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAPPLICATION OF INSURANCE LAWS (\u00a7 38.2-2613)\n\nExcept as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter or where the context\nrequires otherwise, all of the provisions of this title that apply to property\nand casualty insurers shall apply in every respect to home protection companies\nlicensed under this chapter. In addition, Article 1 (\u00a7 58.1-2500 et seq.) and\nArticle 2 (\u00a7 58.1-2520 et seq.) of Chapter 25 of Title 58.1 shall apply to the\noperation of a home protection company.\n\nHISTORY: 1981, c. 530, \u00a7 38.1-943; 1986, c. 562; 2006, c. 634; 2017, c. 727.","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}}