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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":false,"permalink":{"id":217757,"object_type":"law","relational_id":62188,"identifier":"38.2-5112","token":"38.2\/51\/38.2-5112","url":"\/38.2-5112\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/38.2-5112\/","token":"38.2\/51\/38.2-5112","dublin_core":{"Title":"Duty on agents or brokers","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 38.2-5112","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any person<\/span> acting, or offering to act, as an agent or surplus lines broker for a risk retention group<\/span> or purchasing group<\/span>, which solicits members, sells insurance<\/span> coverage, purchases coverage for its members located within this Commonwealth or otherwise does business in this Commonwealth shall, before commencing any such activity, comply with the applicable provisions of Chapters 18 and 48 of this title, relating to property and casualty insurance<\/span> agents and surplus lines brokers.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDUTY ON AGENTS OR BROKERS (\u00a7 38.2-5112)\n\nAny person acting, or offering to act, as an agent or surplus lines broker for a\nrisk retention group or purchasing group, which solicits members, sells\ninsurance coverage, purchases coverage for its members located within this\nCommonwealth or otherwise does business in this Commonwealth shall, before\ncommencing any such activity, comply with the applicable provisions of Chapters\n18 and 48 of this title, relating to property and casualty insurance agents and\nsurplus lines brokers.\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}}