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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 1952, chapter 317; in 1956, chapter 417; in 1986, chapter 562.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":214817,"object_type":"law","relational_id":70437,"identifier":"38.2-3338","token":"38.2\/33\/2\/38.2-3338","url":"\/38.2-3338\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/38.2-3338\/","token":"38.2\/33\/2\/38.2-3338","dublin_core":{"Title":"Provisions prohibited","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 38.2-3338","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>No group life <span class=\"dictionary\">insurance<\/span> policy shall be delivered or issued for delivery in this Commonwealth if it contains any provision:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> Limiting the time within which any action at <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span> or in <span class=\"dictionary\">equity<\/span> may be commenced to less than one year after the <span class=\"dictionary\">cause of action<\/span> accrues; or <a id=\"paragraph-254192\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/38.2-3338\/#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> To the effect that the agent soliciting the <span class=\"dictionary\">insurance<\/span> is the agent of the <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> insured under the policy, or making the acts or representations of the agent binding upon the <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> insured under the policy. <a id=\"paragraph-254193\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/38.2-3338\/#2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPROVISIONS PROHIBITED (\u00a7 38.2-3338)\n\nNo group life insurance policy shall be delivered or issued for delivery in this\nCommonwealth if it contains any provision:\n\n1. Limiting the time within which any action at law or in equity may be\ncommenced to less than one year after the cause of action accrues; or\n\n2. To the effect that the agent soliciting the insurance is the agent of the\nperson insured under the policy, or making the acts or representations of the\nagent binding upon the person insured under the policy.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 38-386; 1952, c. 317, \u00a7 38.1-406; 1956, c. 417; 1986, c.\n562.","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}}