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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 389 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 1981 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1986, chapter 562; in 1991, chapter 672; in 2020, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0264\">264<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":71702,"section_number":"12.1-19.1","catch_line":"Service of process on the Clerk of the State Corporation Commission as statutory agent","order_by":null,"url":"\/12.1-19.1\/"}],"permalink":{"id":218105,"object_type":"law","relational_id":68943,"identifier":"38.2-616","token":"38.2\/6\/1\/38.2-616","url":"\/38.2-616\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/38.2-616\/","token":"38.2\/6\/1\/38.2-616","dublin_core":{"Title":"Service of process on insurance-support organizations","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 38.2-616","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>For the purpose of this article, an <span class=\"dictionary\"><span class=\"dictionary\">insurance<\/span>-support organization<\/span> transacting business outside the Commonwealth that has an effect on a <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> residing in the Commonwealth and which is alleged to violate this article shall be deemed to have appointed the clerk of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span> to accept <span class=\"dictionary\">service of process<\/span> on its behalf. 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Service on the clerk shall be made in accordance with \u00a7 12.1-19.1.\n\nHISTORY: 1981, c. 389, \u00a7 38.1-57.19; 1986, c. 562; 1991, c. 672; 2020, c. 264.","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}}