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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>70586</law_id><section_number>38.2-1201</section_number><catch_line>Definitions</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>38.2-1200</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="12">Reciprocal Insurance</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> As used in this title:
			&#x201C;Reciprocal&#x201D; means the aggregation of <span class="dictionary">subscribers</span> under a common name.
			&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Reciprocal insurance</span>&#x201D; means insurance resulting from the mutual exchange of <span class="dictionary">insurance contracts</span> among <span class="dictionary">persons</span> in an unincorporated association under a common name through an <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">attorney</span>-in-<span class="dictionary">fact</span></span> having authority to obligate each <span class="dictionary">person</span> both as insured and <span class="dictionary">insurer</span>. <a id="paragraph-254679" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1201/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> As used in this chapter:
			&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Attorney</span>&#x201D; means the <span class="dictionary">person</span> designated and authorized by <span class="dictionary">subscribers</span> as the <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">attorney</span>-in-<span class="dictionary">fact</span></span> having authority to obligate them on <span class="dictionary">reciprocal insurance</span> contracts.
			&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Subscriber</span>&#x201D; means a <span class="dictionary">person</span> obligated under a <span class="dictionary">reciprocal insurance</span> agreement. <a id="paragraph-254680" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1201/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1952, c. 317, &#xA7; 38.1-689; 1986, c. 562.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
