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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":[{"id":63494,"section_number":"38.2-2616","catch_line":"Binding arbitration provisions in contract","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-2616\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":214253,"object_type":"law","relational_id":75172,"identifier":"38.2-312","token":"38.2\/3\/38.2-312","url":"\/38.2-312\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/38.2-312\/","token":"38.2\/3\/38.2-312","dublin_core":{"Title":"Provisions limiting jurisdiction, or requiring construction of contracts by law of other states, prohibited","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 38.2-312","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>No <span class=\"dictionary\">insurance<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">contract<\/span> delivered or issued for delivery in this Commonwealth and covering subjects which are located or residing in this Commonwealth, or which are performed in this Commonwealth shall contain any condition, <span class=\"dictionary\">stipulation<\/span> or agreement:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> Requiring the <span class=\"dictionary\">contract<\/span> to be construed according to the <span class=\"dictionary\">laws<\/span> of any other <span class=\"dictionary\">state<\/span> or country, except as may be necessary to meet the requirements of the motor vehicle financial responsibility <span class=\"dictionary\">laws<\/span> of the other <span class=\"dictionary\">state<\/span> or country; or <a id=\"paragraph-269934\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/38.2-312\/#1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"2\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> Depriving the <span class=\"dictionary\">courts<\/span> of this Commonwealth of <span class=\"dictionary\">jurisdiction<\/span> in actions against the <span class=\"dictionary\">insurer<\/span>.\n\t\t\tAny such condition, <span class=\"dictionary\">stipulation<\/span> or agreement shall be void, but such voiding shall not affect the validity of the remainder of the <span class=\"dictionary\">contract<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-269935\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/38.2-312\/#2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPROVISIONS LIMITING JURISDICTION, OR REQUIRING CONSTRUCTION OF CONTRACTS BY LAW\nOF OTHER STATES, PROHIBITED (\u00a7 38.2-312)\n\nNo insurance contract delivered or issued for delivery in this Commonwealth and\ncovering subjects which are located or residing in this Commonwealth, or which\nare performed in this Commonwealth shall contain any condition, stipulation or\nagreement:\n\n1. Requiring the contract to be construed according to the laws of any other\nstate or country, except as may be necessary to meet the requirements of the\nmotor vehicle financial responsibility laws of the other state or country; or\n\n2. Depriving the courts of this Commonwealth of jurisdiction in actions against\nthe insurer.\n\t\t\tAny such condition, stipulation or agreement shall be void, but such voiding\nshall not affect the validity of the remainder of the contract.\n\nHISTORY: 1952, c. 317, \u00a7 38.1-339; 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}}