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This law was first created in 1952. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 317 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 1952 \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 1956, chapter 431; in 1958, chapter 597; in 1986, chapter 562.<\/p>","references":[{"id":67923,"section_number":"38.2-802","catch_line":"How process served","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-802\/"},{"id":72642,"section_number":"38.2-806","catch_line":"Defense of action by unlicensed insurer","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-806\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":60493,"section_number":"13.1-758","catch_line":"Consequences of transacting business without authority","order_by":null,"url":"\/13.1-758\/"}],"permalink":{"id":218483,"object_type":"law","relational_id":80221,"identifier":"38.2-801","token":"38.2\/8\/1\/38.2-801","url":"\/38.2-801\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/38.2-801\/","token":"38.2\/8\/1\/38.2-801","dublin_core":{"Title":"What constitutes appointment of agent for service of process","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 38.2-801","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The clerk of the Commission<\/span> shall be deemed to be appointed by any insurer<\/span> unlicensed in this Commonwealth as its agent for the service of process<\/span> in accordance with \u00a7 13.1-758<\/a> if any of the following acts are effected by mail or otherwise in this Commonwealth: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> The issuance or delivery of insurance contracts<\/span> to residents of this Commonwealth or to corporations authorized to do business in this Commonwealth; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> The solicitation of applications for these insurance contracts<\/span>; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> The collection of premiums, membership fees, assessments or other considerations for these insurance contracts<\/span>; or <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> The transaction of any other insurance business in connection with these insurance contracts<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nWHAT CONSTITUTES APPOINTMENT OF AGENT FOR SERVICE OF PROCESS (\u00a7 38.2-801)\n\nA. The clerk of the Commission shall be deemed to be appointed by any insurer\nunlicensed in this Commonwealth as its agent for the service of process in\naccordance with \u00a7 13.1-758 if any of the following acts are effected by mail or\notherwise in this Commonwealth:\n\n 1. The issuance or delivery of insurance contracts to residents of this\n Commonwealth or to corporations authorized to do business in this\n Commonwealth;\n\n 2. The solicitation of applications for these insurance contracts;\n\n 3. The collection of premiums, membership fees, assessments or other\n considerations for these insurance contracts; or\n\n 4. The transaction of any other insurance business in connection with these\n insurance contracts.\n\nHISTORY: 1952, c. 317, \u00a7 38.1-64; 1956, c. 431; 1958, c. 597; 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}}