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This law was first created in 1985. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 425 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 1985 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 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 1990, chapter 3; in 2010, chapter 794<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":264337,"object_type":"law","relational_id":84988,"identifier":"6.2-1156","token":"6.2\/II\/11\/5\/6.2-1156","url":"\/6.2-1156\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/6.2-1156\/","token":"6.2\/II\/11\/5\/6.2-1156","dublin_core":{"Title":"Activities that are not considered “doing business.”","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 6.2-1156","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

For the purposes of this chapter and any other law<\/span> of the Commonwealth prohibiting, limiting, regulating, charging or taxing the doing of business in the Commonwealth by foreign savings institutions<\/span> or foreign corporations of any type, any federal savings institution<\/span> the principal place of business of which is located outside the Commonwealth, and any foreign savings institution<\/span> that is subject to state or federal supervision, or both, that by law<\/span> is subject to periodic examination by such supervisory authority and to a requirement of periodic audit, shall not be considered to be doing business or to have a tax situs or nexus in or with the Commonwealth by reason of engaging in any of the following activities:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> The purchase, acquisition, inspection, appraisement, holding, sale, assignment, transfer, collecting, and enforcement of obligations or any interest therein secured by real estate mortgages, deeds of trust, or other similar instruments, covering real property located in the Commonwealth, or the foreclosure of such instruments, or the acquisition of title to such property by foreclosure, or otherwise, as a result of default<\/span> under such instruments, or the holding, protection, rental, maintenance and operation of said property so acquired, or the disposition<\/span> thereof; or <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> The advertising or solicitation of deposit accounts<\/span>, or the making of any representations with respect thereto in the Commonwealth through the media of the mail, radio, television, magazines, newspapers, or any other media that are published or circulated within the Commonwealth, if (i) such advertising, solicitation or the making of such representations is accurately descriptive of fact<\/span> and (ii) no such advertising, solicitation, or the making of such representations contains any reference to insurance or guarantee of accounts<\/span>, unless the accounts<\/span> of such institution are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or other insurer approved by the Commissioner<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nACTIVITIES THAT ARE NOT CONSIDERED “DOING BUSINESS.” (\u00a7 6.2-1156)\n\nFor the purposes of this chapter and any other law of the Commonwealth\nprohibiting, limiting, regulating, charging or taxing the doing of business in\nthe Commonwealth by foreign savings institutions or foreign corporations of any\ntype, any federal savings institution the principal place of business of which\nis located outside the Commonwealth, and any foreign savings institution that is\nsubject to state or federal supervision, or both, that by law is subject to\nperiodic examination by such supervisory authority and to a requirement of\nperiodic audit, shall not be considered to be doing business or to have a tax\nsitus or nexus in or with the Commonwealth by reason of engaging in any of the\nfollowing activities:\n\n1. The purchase, acquisition, inspection, appraisement, holding, sale,\nassignment, transfer, collecting, and enforcement of obligations or any interest\ntherein secured by real estate mortgages, deeds of trust, or other similar\ninstruments, covering real property located in the Commonwealth, or the\nforeclosure of such instruments, or the acquisition of title to such property by\nforeclosure, or otherwise, as a result of default under such instruments, or the\nholding, protection, rental, maintenance and operation of said property so\nacquired, or the disposition thereof; or\n\n2. The advertising or solicitation of deposit accounts, or the making of any\nrepresentations with respect thereto in the Commonwealth through the media of\nthe mail, radio, television, magazines, newspapers, or any other media that are\npublished or circulated within the Commonwealth, if (i) such advertising,\nsolicitation or the making of such representations is accurately descriptive of\nfact and (ii) no such advertising, solicitation, or the making of such\nrepresentations contains any reference to insurance or guarantee of accounts,\nunless the accounts of such institution are insured by the Federal Deposit\nInsurance Corporation or other insurer approved by the Commissioner.\n\nHISTORY: 1985, c. 425, \u00a7 6.1-194.48; 1990, c. 3; 2010, c. 794.","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}}