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However, the insured may make a voluntary, irrevocable assignment of his group life insurance and any individual conversion policy that may be issued upon termination of his group life insurance by executing an assignment on a form prepared by the Board of Trustees of the Virginia Retirement System.B\n\nFrom any insurance proceeds payable pursuant to this chapter to a retiree’s beneficiaries, the Board may deduct any overpayment of retirement allowance paid to such retiree.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":290778,"text":"The insurance provided for in this chapter, including any optional insurance, and all proceeds therefrom shall be exempt from levy, garnishment, and other legal process, except (i) as provided in subsection B and (ii) for administrative actions pursuant to Chapter 19 (§ 63.2-1900 et seq.) of Title 63.2 or any court process to enforce a child or child and spousal support obligation. 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This law was first created in 1960. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 604 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 1960 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 5 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 1980, chapter 643; in 1990, chapter 832; in 1994, chapter 883<\/a>; in 1997, chapter 273<\/a>; in 2008, chapter 354<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":61045,"section_number":"2.2-2817.2","catch_line":"Employees of the University of Virginia Medical Center","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-2817.2\/"},{"id":76407,"section_number":"23.1-1025","catch_line":"Covered institutions; operational authority; human resources; certain insurance plans","order_by":null,"url":"\/23.1-1025\/"},{"id":56421,"section_number":"51.1-124.11","catch_line":"Recovery of payments procured by fraud, false statement, etc","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.1-124.11\/"},{"id":62870,"section_number":"51.1-124.4","catch_line":"Exemption of assets from taxation; exemption of benefits and assets from execution and assignment; trust funds; unclaimed property; eligible rollover distribution","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.1-124.4\/"},{"id":83648,"section_number":"51.1-502.1","catch_line":"Certain employees of teaching hospitals","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.1-502.1\/"},{"id":72342,"section_number":"51.1-502.3","catch_line":"Certain employees of the Virginia Port Authority","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.1-502.3\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":54048,"section_number":"63.2-1900","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-1900\/"}],"permalink":{"id":236127,"object_type":"law","relational_id":81121,"identifier":"51.1-510","token":"51.1\/5\/51.1-510","url":"\/51.1-510\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/51.1-510\/","token":"51.1\/5\/51.1-510","dublin_core":{"Title":"Insurance exempt from process","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 51.1-510","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The insurance provided for in this chapter, including any optional insurance, and all proceeds therefrom shall be exempt from levy<\/span>, garnishment<\/span>, and other legal process, except (i) as provided in subsection B and (ii) for administrative actions pursuant to Chapter 19 (§ 63.2-1900<\/a> et seq.) of Title 63.2 or any court<\/span> process to enforce a child or child and spousal support obligation. However, the insured may make a voluntary, irrevocable assignment of his group life insurance and any individual conversion policy that may be issued upon termination of his group life insurance by executing an assignment on a form prepared by the Board<\/span> of Trustees of the Virginia Retirement System<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> From any insurance proceeds payable pursuant to this chapter to a retiree’s beneficiaries, the Board<\/span> may deduct any overpayment of retirement allowance paid to such retiree. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nINSURANCE EXEMPT FROM PROCESS (\u00a7 51.1-510)\n\nA. The insurance provided for in this chapter, including any optional insurance,\nand all proceeds therefrom shall be exempt from levy, garnishment, and other\nlegal process, except (i) as provided in subsection B and (ii) for\nadministrative actions pursuant to Chapter 19 (§ 63.2-1900 et seq.) of\nTitle 63.2 or any court process to enforce a child or child and spousal support\nobligation. However, the insured may make a voluntary, irrevocable assignment of\nhis group life insurance and any individual conversion policy that may be issued\nupon termination of his group life insurance by executing an assignment on a\nform prepared by the Board of Trustees of the Virginia Retirement System.\n\nB. From any insurance proceeds payable pursuant to this chapter to a\nretiree’s beneficiaries, the Board may deduct any overpayment of\nretirement allowance paid to such retiree.\n\nHISTORY: 1960, c. 604, \u00a7 51-111.67:8; 1980, c. 643, \u00a7 51-111.67:12.1; 1990, c.\n832; 1994, c. 883; 1997, c. 273; 2008, c. 354.","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}}