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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>60287</law_id><section_number>38.2-1019</section_number><catch_line>Change of status from foreign to domestic insurer</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="4">Redomestication of Insurers</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Any foreign <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> licensed to transact the business of <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> in this Commonwealth may become a domestic <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> upon (i) complying with the requirements for formation of a domestic <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> under Article 1 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Incorporation of domestic stock insurers" href="/38.2-1000/">38.2-1000</a> et seq.) of this chapter at the date of redomestication, and (ii) promptly filing any necessary amendments to its articles of incorporation, charters, bylaws and other corporate documents. When those requirements have been met, the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> may <span class="dictionary">issue</span> a license dated as of the date of redomestication in accordance with the provisions of Article 5 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="License required to transact the business of insurance; application fee requirements for license" href="/38.2-1024/">38.2-1024</a> et seq.) of this chapter to permit the <span class="dictionary">company</span> to transact the business of <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> in the Commonwealth as a domestic <span class="dictionary">insurer</span>. Such <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> shall be recognized under the <span class="dictionary">laws</span> of this Commonwealth as an <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> initially licensed in another <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span>, as of the date it was first licensed as an <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> in its original domiciliary <span class="dictionary">state</span>. <a id="paragraph-220446" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1019/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> An <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> that changes its status from foreign to domestic in accordance with subsection A of this section has all the rights, titles and interests in the <span class="dictionary">assets</span> of the original corporation, as well as all of its liabilities and obligations. <a id="paragraph-220447" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1019/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1983, c. 441, &#xA7; 38.1-949; 1986, c. 562; 2000, c. 169.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
