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This law was first created in 1976. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 737 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 1976 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 6 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 1988, chapter 765; in 1992, chapter 578; in 1998, chapters 122<\/a> and 807<\/a>; in 2001, chapter 844<\/a>; in 2015, chapter 202<\/a>; in 2018, chapter 214<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":63110,"section_number":"9.1-139","catch_line":"Licensing, certification, and registration required; qualifications; temporary licenses","order_by":null,"url":"\/9.1-139\/"}],"permalink":{"id":284905,"object_type":"law","relational_id":79924,"identifier":"9.1-144","token":"9.1\/1\/4\/9.1-144","url":"\/9.1-144\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/9.1-144\/","token":"9.1\/1\/4\/9.1-144","dublin_core":{"Title":"Insurance required","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 9.1-144","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

In order<\/span> for his license or certificate to be operative, any person licensed as a private security services business<\/span> under subsection A of \u00a7 9.1-139<\/a> or certified as a private security services training school<\/span> under subsection B of \u00a7 9.1-139<\/a> shall file with the Department<\/span> evidence<\/span> of a policy of liability insurance in an amount and with coverage as fixed by the Department<\/span>. The liability insurance shall be maintained for so long as the licensee or certificate holder is licensed or certified by the Department<\/span>.\n\t\tEvery personal protection specialist<\/span> and private investigator<\/span> who has been issued a registration<\/span> by the Department<\/span> and is hired as an independent contractor by a licensed private security services business<\/span> shall maintain comprehensive general liability insurance in a reasonable amount to be fixed by the Department<\/span>, evidence<\/span> of which shall be provided to the private security services business<\/span> prior to the hiring of such independent contractor pursuant to subsection C of \u00a7 9.1-139<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nINSURANCE REQUIRED (\u00a7 9.1-144)\n\nIn order for his license or certificate to be operative, any person licensed as\na private security services business under subsection A of \u00a7 9.1-139 or\ncertified as a private security services training school under subsection B of\n\u00a7 9.1-139 shall file with the Department evidence of a policy of liability\ninsurance in an amount and with coverage as fixed by the Department. The\nliability insurance shall be maintained for so long as the licensee or\ncertificate holder is licensed or certified by the Department.\n\t\tEvery personal protection specialist and private investigator who has been\nissued a registration by the Department and is hired as an independent\ncontractor by a licensed private security services business shall maintain\ncomprehensive general liability insurance in a reasonable amount to be fixed by\nthe Department, evidence of which shall be provided to the private security\nservices business prior to the hiring of such independent contractor pursuant to\nsubsection C of \u00a7 9.1-139.\n\nHISTORY: 1976, c. 737, \u00a7 54-729.31; 1988, c. 765, \u00a7 54.1-1905; 1992, c. 578,\n\u00a7 9-183.6; 1998, cc. 122, 807; 2001, c. 844; 2015, c. 202; 2018, c. 214.","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}}