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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":58348,"section_number":"38.2-1347","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-1347\/"},{"id":82605,"section_number":"38.2-1358","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-1358\/"},{"id":57145,"section_number":"38.2-1401","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-1401\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":83921,"section_number":"38.2-3801","catch_line":"Cooperative nonprofit life benefit company defined","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-3801\/"}],"permalink":{"id":216153,"object_type":"law","relational_id":82567,"identifier":"38.2-3800","token":"38.2\/38\/1\/38.2-3800","url":"\/38.2-3800\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/38.2-3800\/","token":"38.2\/38\/1\/38.2-3800","dublin_core":{"Title":"Scope of chapter","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 38.2-3800","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>This chapter applies to cooperative nonprofit life benefit companies as defined in \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Cooperative nonprofit life benefit company defined\" href=\"\/38.2-3801\/\">38.2-3801<\/a> and to the classes of <span class=\"dictionary\">insurance<\/span> and <span class=\"dictionary\">insurance<\/span> benefits those companies are authorized to provide.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSCOPE OF CHAPTER (\u00a7 38.2-3800)\n\nThis chapter applies to cooperative nonprofit life benefit companies as defined\nin \u00a7 38.2-3801 and to the classes of insurance and insurance benefits those\ncompanies are authorized to provide.\n\nHISTORY: 1952, c. 317, \u00a7 38.1-496; 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}}