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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 273 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 1960 \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":77746,"section_number":"38.2-3324","catch_line":"Standard provisions required; exceptions","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-3324\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":214785,"object_type":"law","relational_id":74735,"identifier":"38.2-3330","token":"38.2\/33\/2\/38.2-3330","url":"\/38.2-3330\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/38.2-3330\/","token":"38.2\/33\/2\/38.2-3330","dublin_core":{"Title":"Payment of benefits","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 38.2-3330","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Each group life <span class=\"dictionary\">insurance<\/span> policy shall contain a provision that any sum payable because of the death of the <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> insured shall be payable to the beneficiary or beneficiaries designated by the <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> insured, subject to:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> The provisions of the policy as to all or any part of such sum if there is no designated beneficiary living at the time of death of the <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> insured; and <a id=\"paragraph-268593\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/38.2-3330\/#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> Any right reserved by the <span class=\"dictionary\">insurer<\/span> in the policy and set forth in the certificate to pay a part of the sum, not exceeding $2,000, to any <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> appearing to the <span class=\"dictionary\">insurer<\/span> to be equitably entitled thereto because of having incurred funeral or other expenses incident to the death or last illness of the <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> insured. <a id=\"paragraph-268594\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/38.2-3330\/#2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPAYMENT OF BENEFITS (\u00a7 38.2-3330)\n\nEach group life insurance policy shall contain a provision that any sum payable\nbecause of the death of the person insured shall be payable to the beneficiary\nor beneficiaries designated by the person insured, subject to:\n\n1. The provisions of the policy as to all or any part of such sum if there is no\ndesignated beneficiary living at the time of death of the person insured; and\n\n2. Any right reserved by the insurer in the policy and set forth in the\ncertificate to pay a part of the sum, not exceeding $2,000, to any person\nappearing to the insurer to be equitably entitled thereto because of having\nincurred funeral or other expenses incident to the death or last illness of the\nperson insured.\n\nHISTORY: 1960, c. 273, \u00a7 38.1-427.1; 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}}