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I, c. 273; 2022, c. 308.","full_text":"A\n\nEach operator of a motor vehicle performing a bona fide taxicab service shall file insurance as required under this article unless evidence can be shown to the Department that the operator (i) is a self-insurer under an ordinance of the city or county where the home office of the operator is located or (ii) has been issued a certificate of self-insurance pursuant to § 46.2-368.B\n\nAny self-insurance protection subject to this section shall provide for protection against the uninsured or underinsured motorist to the extent required by § 38.2-2206. Notwithstanding § 38.2-2206 or any other provision of this title, protection against the uninsured or underinsured motorist shall be subject to a limit exclusive of interest and costs, with respect to each motor vehicle, as follows: (i) a limit of $25,000 due to bodily injury to or death of one person in any one accident; (ii) subject to the limit for one person, a limit of $50,000 due to bodily injury or death of two or more persons in any one accident; and (iii) a limit of $20,000 due to injury to or destruction of property of others in any one accident. The amount of bodily injury or property damage liability coverage available for payment from any source shall be credited against and reduce the amount of protection otherwise available against an underinsured motorist. Nothing herein shall preclude any self-insurer operator from purchasing or providing uninsured or underinsured motorist insurance coverage in an amount greater than required in this subsection. Such protection against uninsured and underinsured motorists shall be secondary coverage to any other valid and collectible insurance providing the same protection that is available to any person otherwise entitled to assert a claim to such protection by virtue of this section.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":308249,"text":"Each operator of a motor vehicle performing a bona fide taxicab service shall file insurance as required under this article unless evidence can be shown to the Department that the operator (i) is a self-insurer under an ordinance of the city or county where the home office of the operator is located or (ii) has been issued a certificate of self-insurance pursuant to § 46.2-368.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":308250,"text":"Any self-insurance protection subject to this section shall provide for protection against the uninsured or underinsured motorist to the extent required by § 38.2-2206. 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This law was first created in 2001. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 596<\/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. 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 2022, chapter 308<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":76965,"section_number":"38.2-2206","catch_line":"Uninsured motorist insurance coverage","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-2206\/"}],"permalink":{"id":232293,"object_type":"law","relational_id":86094,"identifier":"46.2-2057","token":"46.2\/V\/20\/2\/46.2-2057","url":"\/46.2-2057\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-2057\/","token":"46.2\/V\/20\/2\/46.2-2057","dublin_core":{"Title":"Taxicab insurance required","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-2057","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Each operator<\/span> of a motor vehicle<\/span> performing a bona fide taxicab service shall file insurance as required under this article unless evidence<\/span> can be shown to the Department<\/span> that the operator<\/span> (i) is a self-insurer under an ordinance<\/span> of the city or county where the home office of the operator<\/span> is located or (ii) has been issued a certificate<\/span> of self-insurance pursuant to § 46.2-368<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Any self-insurance protection subject to this section shall provide for protection against the uninsured or underinsured motorist to the extent required by § 38.2-2206<\/a>. Notwithstanding § 38.2-2206<\/a> or any other provision of this title, protection against the uninsured or underinsured motorist shall be subject to a limit exclusive of interest and costs, with respect to each motor vehicle<\/span>, as follows: (i) a limit of $25,000 due to bodily injury to or death of one person<\/span> in any one accident; (ii) subject to the limit for one person<\/span>, a limit of $50,000 due to bodily injury or death of two or more persons<\/span> in any one accident; and (iii) a limit of $20,000 due to injury to or destruction of property of others in any one accident. The amount of bodily injury or property damage liability coverage available for payment from any source shall be credited against and reduce the amount of protection otherwise available against an underinsured motorist. Nothing herein shall preclude any self-insurer operator<\/span> from purchasing or providing uninsured or underinsured motorist insurance coverage in an amount greater than required in this subsection. Such protection against uninsured and underinsured motorists shall be secondary coverage to any other valid and collectible insurance providing the same protection that is available to any person<\/span> otherwise entitled to assert a claim to such protection by virtue of this section. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nTAXICAB INSURANCE REQUIRED (\u00a7 46.2-2057)\n\nA. Each operator of a motor vehicle performing a bona fide taxicab service shall\nfile insurance as required under this article unless evidence can be shown to\nthe Department that the operator (i) is a self-insurer under an ordinance of the\ncity or county where the home office of the operator is located or (ii) has been\nissued a certificate of self-insurance pursuant to § 46.2-368.\n\nB. Any self-insurance protection subject to this section shall provide for\nprotection against the uninsured or underinsured motorist to the extent required\nby § 38.2-2206. Notwithstanding § 38.2-2206 or any other provision of\nthis title, protection against the uninsured or underinsured motorist shall be\nsubject to a limit exclusive of interest and costs, with respect to each motor\nvehicle, as follows: (i) a limit of $25,000 due to bodily injury to or death of\none person in any one accident; (ii) subject to the limit for one person, a\nlimit of $50,000 due to bodily injury or death of two or more persons in any one\naccident; and (iii) a limit of $20,000 due to injury to or destruction of\nproperty of others in any one accident. The amount of bodily injury or property\ndamage liability coverage available for payment from any source shall be\ncredited against and reduce the amount of protection otherwise available against\nan underinsured motorist. Nothing herein shall preclude any self-insurer\noperator from purchasing or providing uninsured or underinsured motorist\ninsurance coverage in an amount greater than required in this subsection. Such\nprotection against uninsured and underinsured motorists shall be secondary\ncoverage to any other valid and collectible insurance providing the same\nprotection that is available to any person otherwise entitled to assert a claim\nto such protection by virtue of this section.\n\nHISTORY: 2001, c. 596; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 273; 2022, c. 308.","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}}