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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":67765,"section_number":"38.2-3503","catch_line":"Required accident and sickness policy provisions","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-3503\/"},{"id":83509,"section_number":"38.2-3504","catch_line":"Other provisions","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-3504\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":215665,"object_type":"law","relational_id":87251,"identifier":"38.2-3505","token":"38.2\/35\/1\/38.2-3505","url":"\/38.2-3505\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/38.2-3505\/","token":"38.2\/35\/1\/38.2-3505","dublin_core":{"Title":"Inapplicable or inconsistent provisions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 38.2-3505","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>If any provision of this article is inapplicable to or inconsistent with the coverage provided by a particular form of policy, the <span class=\"dictionary\">insurer<\/span>, with the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span>&#8217;s approval, shall omit or modify the inapplicable or inconsistent provision to make that provision consistent with the coverage provided by the policy.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nINAPPLICABLE OR INCONSISTENT PROVISIONS (\u00a7 38.2-3505)\n\nIf any provision of this article is inapplicable to or inconsistent with the\ncoverage provided by a particular form of policy, the insurer, with the\nCommission&#8217;s approval, shall omit or modify the inapplicable or\ninconsistent provision to make that provision consistent with the coverage\nprovided by the policy.\n\nHISTORY: 1952, c. 317, \u00a7 38.1-351; 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}}