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This law was first created in 1985. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 400 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 1985 \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":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":216313,"object_type":"law","relational_id":71008,"identifier":"38.2-3918","token":"38.2\/39\/4\/38.2-3918","url":"\/38.2-3918\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/38.2-3918\/","token":"38.2\/39\/4\/38.2-3918","dublin_core":{"Title":"Notice of assessment; how given","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 38.2-3918","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

After an assessment is made, the insurer<\/span> shall give each member subject to the assessment written notice stating the amount of the assessment and the date when payment is due. Except where the provisions of the bylaws or the policy provide otherwise, the time of payment shall not be less than thirty days nor more than sixty days from the service of the notice. This notice may be served personally or mailed with the United States<\/span> Postal Service. If sent by mail, notice shall be considered given at the time of mailing and shall be sent to the member at his address shown on the insurer<\/span>’s records.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nNOTICE OF ASSESSMENT; HOW GIVEN (\u00a7 38.2-3918)\n\nAfter an assessment is made, the insurer shall give each member subject to the\nassessment written notice stating the amount of the assessment and the date when\npayment is due. Except where the provisions of the bylaws or the policy provide\notherwise, the time of payment shall not be less than thirty days nor more than\nsixty days from the service of the notice. This notice may be served personally\nor mailed with the United States Postal Service. If sent by mail, notice shall\nbe considered given at the time of mailing and shall be sent to the member at\nhis address shown on the insurer’s records.\n\nHISTORY: 1985, c. 400, \u00a7 38.1-549.19; 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}}