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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":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\/"},{"id":80221,"section_number":"38.2-801","catch_line":"What constitutes appointment of agent for service of process","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-801\/"}],"permalink":{"id":218487,"object_type":"law","relational_id":67923,"identifier":"38.2-802","token":"38.2\/8\/1\/38.2-802","url":"\/38.2-802\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/38.2-802\/","token":"38.2\/8\/1\/38.2-802","dublin_core":{"Title":"How process served","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 38.2-802","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p><span class=\"dictionary\">Service of process<\/span> or notice upon any unlicensed <span class=\"dictionary\">insurer<\/span> in any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or in connection with the acts listed in \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"What constitutes appointment of agent for service of process\" href=\"\/38.2-801\/\">38.2-801<\/a> in this Commonwealth shall be made in the manner prescribed in \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Consequences of transacting business without authority\" href=\"\/13.1-758\/\">13.1-758<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nHOW PROCESS SERVED (\u00a7 38.2-802)\n\nService of process or notice upon any unlicensed insurer in any suit, action or\nproceeding arising out of or in connection with the acts listed in \u00a7 38.2-801\nin this Commonwealth shall be made in the manner prescribed in \u00a7 13.1-758.\n\nHISTORY: 1952, c. 317, \u00a7 38.1-65; 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}}