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This law was first created in 1958. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 180 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 1958 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 1986, chapter 562.<\/p>","references":[{"id":70442,"section_number":"38.2-810","catch_line":"How process or notice served","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-810\/"}],"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":218517,"object_type":"law","relational_id":73389,"identifier":"38.2-809","token":"38.2\/8\/2\/38.2-809","url":"\/38.2-809\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/38.2-809\/","token":"38.2\/8\/2\/38.2-809","dublin_core":{"Title":"What constitutes appointment of agent for service of process","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 38.2-809","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The clerk of the Commission<\/span> shall be deemed to be appointed by any unlicensed nonresident broker or agent as its agent for the service of process<\/span> pursuant to \u00a7 13.1-758<\/a> if any of the following acts are effected by mail or otherwise in this Commonwealth by such unlicensed nonresident broker or agent: (i) the issuance or delivery of insurance contracts<\/span> to residents of this Commonwealth or to corporations authorized to do business in this Commonwealth, (ii) the solicitation of applications for such contracts, (iii) the collection of premiums, membership fees, assessments or other considerations for such contracts, or (iv) the transaction of any other insurance business in connection with such contracts.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nWHAT CONSTITUTES APPOINTMENT OF AGENT FOR SERVICE OF PROCESS (\u00a7 38.2-809)\n\nThe clerk of the Commission shall be deemed to be appointed by any unlicensed\nnonresident broker or agent as its agent for the service of process pursuant to\n\u00a7 13.1-758 if any of the following acts are effected by mail or otherwise in\nthis Commonwealth by such unlicensed nonresident broker or agent: (i) the\nissuance or delivery of insurance contracts to residents of this Commonwealth or\nto corporations authorized to do business in this Commonwealth, (ii) the\nsolicitation of applications for such contracts, (iii) the collection of\npremiums, membership fees, assessments or other considerations for such\ncontracts, or (iv) the transaction of any other insurance business in connection\nwith such contracts.\n\nHISTORY: 1958, c. 180, \u00a7 38.1-70.2; 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}}