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This law was first created in 1986. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 562 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 1986 \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 2018, chapter 205<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":217311,"object_type":"law","relational_id":70999,"identifier":"38.2-4808","token":"38.2\/48\/38.2-4808","url":"\/38.2-4808\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/38.2-4808\/","token":"38.2\/48\/38.2-4808","dublin_core":{"Title":"Effect of payment to surplus lines broker","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 38.2-4808","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> No surplus lines broker<\/span> may accept a payment of premium for issuance of surplus lines insurance<\/span> before placing the insurance with an eligible nonadmitted insurer<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> A payment of premium to a surplus lines broker<\/span> shall be deemed to be payment to the insurer notwithstanding any policy conditions or stipulations<\/span> to the contrary. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEFFECT OF PAYMENT TO SURPLUS LINES BROKER (\u00a7 38.2-4808)\n\nA. No surplus lines broker may accept a payment of premium for issuance of\nsurplus lines insurance before placing the insurance with an eligible\nnonadmitted insurer.\n\nB. A payment of premium to a surplus lines broker shall be deemed to be payment\nto the insurer notwithstanding any policy conditions or stipulations to the\ncontrary.\n\nHISTORY: 1986, c. 562; 2018, c. 205.","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}}