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This law was first created in 2012. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 734<\/a> and 735<\/a> 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.<\/p>","references":[{"id":78784,"section_number":"38.2-814","catch_line":"How process or notice served","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-814\/"}],"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":218535,"object_type":"law","relational_id":58135,"identifier":"38.2-813","token":"38.2\/8\/3\/38.2-813","url":"\/38.2-813\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/38.2-813\/","token":"38.2\/8\/3\/38.2-813","dublin_core":{"Title":"What constitutes appointment of agent for service of process","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 38.2-813","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 public adjuster 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 the Commonwealth by such unlicensed public adjuster: (i) the investigation, negotiation, adjustment, or provision of advice to insureds in relation to first party<\/span> claims arising under insurance contracts<\/span> that insure real or personal property located in the Commonwealth; (ii) the solicitation of public adjusting for such contracts; (iii) the collection of fees, commissions<\/span>, salaries, 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 38.2-813)\n\nThe Clerk of the Commission shall be deemed to be appointed by any unlicensed\npublic adjuster as its agent for the service of process pursuant to \u00a7 13.1-758\nif any of the following acts are effected by mail or otherwise in the\nCommonwealth by such unlicensed public adjuster: (i) the investigation,\nnegotiation, adjustment, or provision of advice to insureds in relation to first\nparty claims arising under insurance contracts that insure real or personal\nproperty located in the Commonwealth; (ii) the solicitation of public adjusting\nfor such contracts; (iii) the collection of fees, commissions, salaries, or\nother considerations for such contracts; or (iv) the transaction of any other\ninsurance business in connection with such contracts.\n\nHISTORY: 2012, cc. 734, 735.","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}}