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A nonrefundable application fee of $500 shall be paid with each application for a license.B\n\nThe Commission shall not issue to or renew a license of an organization unless it is satisfied that the financial condition, the method of operation, and the manner of doing business of the organization enable it to meet its contractual obligations to all subscribers and that the organization has otherwise complied with all the requirements of law.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":305691,"text":"No person shall operate a legal services plan in this Commonwealth without a license issued by the Commission. Each organization shall apply for a license and furnish any relevant information the Commission requires. Each license shall expire at midnight on the following June 30. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 658 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 1978 \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":217027,"object_type":"law","relational_id":85323,"identifier":"38.2-4413","token":"38.2\/44\/38.2-4413","url":"\/38.2-4413\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/38.2-4413\/","token":"38.2\/44\/38.2-4413","dublin_core":{"Title":"Licensing of organization","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 38.2-4413","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> No <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> shall operate a <span class=\"dictionary\">legal services plan<\/span> in this Commonwealth without a license issued by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span>. Each <span class=\"dictionary\">organization<\/span> shall apply for a license and furnish any relevant information the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span> requires. Each license shall expire at midnight on the following June 30. A nonrefundable application fee of $500 shall be paid with each application for a license. <a id=\"paragraph-305691\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/38.2-4413\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> The <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span> shall not <span class=\"dictionary\">issue<\/span> to or renew a license of an <span class=\"dictionary\">organization<\/span> unless it is satisfied that the financial condition, the method of operation, and the manner of doing business of the <span class=\"dictionary\">organization<\/span> enable it to meet its contractual obligations to all <span class=\"dictionary\">subscribers<\/span> and that the <span class=\"dictionary\">organization<\/span> has otherwise complied with all the requirements of <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-305692\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/38.2-4413\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLICENSING OF ORGANIZATION (\u00a7 38.2-4413)\n\nA. No person shall operate a legal services plan in this Commonwealth without a\nlicense issued by the Commission. Each organization shall apply for a license\nand furnish any relevant information the Commission requires. Each license shall\nexpire at midnight on the following June 30. A nonrefundable application fee of\n$500 shall be paid with each application for a license.\n\nB. The Commission shall not issue to or renew a license of an organization\nunless it is satisfied that the financial condition, the method of operation,\nand the manner of doing business of the organization enable it to meet its\ncontractual obligations to all subscribers and that the organization has\notherwise complied with all the requirements of law.\n\nHISTORY: 1978, c. 658, \u00a7 38.1-802; 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}}