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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>80754</law_id><section_number>38.2-1204</section_number><catch_line>Power to enter into reciprocal insurance contracts</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="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> <span class="dictionary">Persons</span> of this Commonwealth may enter into reciprocal <span class="dictionary">insurance contracts</span> with each other and with <span class="dictionary">persons</span> of other <span class="dictionary">states</span> and countries. For the purposes of this chapter, the definition of &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">person</span>&#x201D; shall also include any county, city, or town, school board, Transportation District <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>, or any other local governmental authority or local agency or public service corporation owned, operated or controlled by a locality or local government authority, with power to enter into contractual undertakings within or without the Commonwealth. <a id="paragraph-289449" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1204/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> For any corporation now existing or hereafter organized under the <span class="dictionary">laws</span> of this Commonwealth, the power and authority to enter into reciprocal <span class="dictionary">insurance contracts</span> shall be in addition to the powers conferred upon it in its certificate of incorporation, and shall be incidental to the purposes for which the corporation is organized. <a id="paragraph-289450" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1204/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7;&#xA7; 38-543, 38-550; 1952, c. 317, &#xA7;&#xA7; 38.1-692, 38.1-693; 1986, c. 562.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
