{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/38.2-5104.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/38.2-5104.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/38.2-5104.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/38.2-5104.html"}],"law_id":55046,"edition_id":1,"section_id":55046,"structure_id":13375,"section_number":"38.2-5104","catch_line":"Associations","history":"1987, c. 585.","full_text":"A\n\nThe provisions of Chapter 16 of Title 38.2 shall not apply to a risk retention group.B\n\nA risk retention group shall participate in any mechanisms established pursuant to § 38.2-2015 for the equitable apportionment of liability insurance losses and expenses.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":201870,"text":"The provisions of Chapter 16 of Title 38.2 shall not apply to a risk retention group.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":201871,"text":"A risk retention group shall participate in any mechanisms established pursuant to § 38.2-2015 for the equitable apportionment of liability insurance losses and expenses.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A"}},"ancestry":[{"id":13375,"edition_id":1,"name":"Risk Retention Groups and Purchasing Groups","identifier":"51","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12698,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:44","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:44","permalink":{"id":217707,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13375,"identifier":"51","token":"38.2\/51","url":"\/38.2\/51\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12698,"edition_id":1,"name":"Insurance","identifier":"38.2","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","permalink":{"id":210661,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12698,"identifier":"38.2","token":"38.2","url":"\/38.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":72747,"structure_id":13375,"section_number":"38.2-5100","catch_line":"Purpose","url":"\/38.2-5100\/","token":"38.2\/51\/38.2-5100","metadata":false},{"id":54348,"structure_id":13375,"section_number":"38.2-5101","catch_line":"Definitions","url":"\/38.2-5101\/","token":"38.2\/51\/38.2-5101","metadata":false},{"id":80474,"structure_id":13375,"section_number":"38.2-5102","catch_line":"Risk retention groups chartered in this Commonwealth","url":"\/38.2-5102\/","token":"38.2\/51\/38.2-5102","metadata":false},{"id":87356,"structure_id":13375,"section_number":"38.2-5103","catch_line":"Risk retention groups not chartered in this Commonwealth","url":"\/38.2-5103\/","token":"38.2\/51\/38.2-5103","metadata":false},{"id":55046,"structure_id":13375,"section_number":"38.2-5104","catch_line":"Associations","url":"\/38.2-5104\/","token":"38.2\/51\/38.2-5104","metadata":false},{"id":75270,"structure_id":13375,"section_number":"38.2-5105","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/38.2-5105\/","token":"38.2\/51\/38.2-5105","metadata":false},{"id":55239,"structure_id":13375,"section_number":"38.2-5106","catch_line":"Purchasing groups; 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This law was first created in 1987. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 585 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 1987 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":69722,"section_number":"38.2-2015","catch_line":"Agreements for equitable apportionment of insurance; reasonable performance standards; Virginia Workers' Compensation Insurance Plan","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-2015\/"}],"permalink":{"id":217725,"object_type":"law","relational_id":55046,"identifier":"38.2-5104","token":"38.2\/51\/38.2-5104","url":"\/38.2-5104\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/38.2-5104\/","token":"38.2\/51\/38.2-5104","dublin_core":{"Title":"Associations","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 38.2-5104","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The provisions of Chapter 16 of Title 38.2 shall not apply to a risk retention group<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> A risk retention group<\/span> shall participate in any mechanisms established pursuant to § 38.2-2015<\/a> for the equitable<\/span> apportionment of liability<\/span> insurance<\/span> losses and expenses. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nASSOCIATIONS (\u00a7 38.2-5104)\n\nA. The provisions of Chapter 16 of Title 38.2 shall not apply to a risk\nretention group.\n\nB. A risk retention group shall participate in any mechanisms established\npursuant to § 38.2-2015 for the equitable apportionment of liability\ninsurance losses and expenses.\n\nHISTORY: 1987, c. 585.","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}}