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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>60389</law_id><section_number>38.2-1008</section_number><catch_line>Conduct of and voting at meeting</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="38.2">Insurance</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="10">Organization, Admission and Licensing of Insurers</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="2">Conversion of Domestic Stock Insurer to Mutual Insurer</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The meeting required by &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Conversion of a domestic stock insurer to a mutual insurer" href="/38.2-1006/">38.2-1006</a> shall be conducted in the manner provided in the plan, subject to the following requirements:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Policyholders may vote in <span class="dictionary">person</span>, by proxy, or by mail, but all votes shall be cast by ballot; and <a id="paragraph-220863" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1008/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> A representative of the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> shall supervise the procedure of the meeting and shall appoint an adequate number of inspectors to oversee the voting at the meeting. The inspectors, acting under any rules and regulations prescribed by the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>, shall have power to determine all questions concerning the verification and validity of the ballots, the qualifications of the voters, and the canvass of the vote. The inspectors shall certify the results of the voting to the representative of the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> and to the <span class="dictionary">insurer</span>.
			All necessary expenses incurred by the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> or its representative in connection with the meeting shall be paid by the <span class="dictionary">insurer</span>. <a id="paragraph-220864" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1008/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 38-422; 1952, c. 317, &#xA7; 38.1-491; 1986, c. 562.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
