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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>78163</law_id><section_number>38.2-112</section_number><catch_line>Water damage</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>38.2-2503</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="38.2">Insurance</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="2">Insurance Classified and Defined</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>&#x201C;Water damage <span class="dictionary">insurance</span>&#x201D; means <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> against loss or damage to any property by water or other fluid or substance resulting from (i) the breakage or leakage of sprinklers, pumps or other apparatus erected for extinguishing fires or of water pipes or other conduits or containers, or (ii) casual water entering through leaks or openings in buildings or by seepage through building walls, but not including loss or damage resulting from flood or the rising of the waters of the ocean or its tributaries. This class of <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> includes <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> against accidental injury of such sprinklers, pumps, fire apparatus, conduits or containers.</p></section></text><history>1952, c. 317, &#xA7; 38.1-8; 1986, c. 562.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
