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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>82841</law_id><section_number>38.2-1219</section_number><catch_line>Organization of reciprocals; what declaration to contain</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>38.2-1216</reference><reference>38.2-1220</reference><reference>38.2-1223</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="2">Domestic Reciprocals</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Twenty-five or more <span class="dictionary">persons</span> domiciled in this Commonwealth and designated as subscribers may organize a domestic reciprocal and apply to the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> for a license to transact the business of <span class="dictionary">insurance</span>. The original subscribers and the proposed attorney shall execute and file with the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> a declaration setting forth: <a id="paragraph-296961" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1219/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The name of the attorney, and the name of the reciprocal; <a id="paragraph-296962" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1219/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The location of the reciprocal&#x2019;s principal office, which shall be the same as that of the attorney, and shall be in this Commonwealth; <a id="paragraph-296963" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1219/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> The classes of <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> proposed to be written; <a id="paragraph-296964" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1219/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> The names and addresses of the original subscribers; <a id="paragraph-296965" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1219/#A4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A5" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> The designation and appointment of the attorney, and a copy of the <span class="dictionary">power of attorney</span> and subscriber&#x2019;s agreement; <a id="paragraph-296966" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1219/#A5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A6" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">6.</span> The names and addresses of the officers and directors of the attorney if a corporation, or of its members if not a corporation; <a id="paragraph-296967" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1219/#A6"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A7" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">7.</span> The powers of the subscribers&#x2019; advisory committee, and the names and terms of office of its members; <a id="paragraph-296968" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1219/#A7"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A8" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">8.</span> A statement that each of the original subscribers has in good faith applied for <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> of the class proposed to be written and that the reciprocal has received from each original subscriber the anticipated premium or premium deposit for a term of not less than six months for the policy for which application is made; <a id="paragraph-296969" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1219/#A8"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A9" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">9.</span> A statement of the financial condition of the reciprocal including a schedule of its <span class="dictionary">assets</span>; <a id="paragraph-296970" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1219/#A9"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A10" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">10.</span> A statement that the reciprocal has the <span class="dictionary">surplus to policyholders</span> required by &#xA7; <a class="law" title="License required of reciprocals; surplus" href="/38.2-1206/">38.2-1206</a>; and <a id="paragraph-296971" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1219/#A10"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A11" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">11.</span> A copy of each policy, endorsement and application form it proposes to <span class="dictionary">issue</span> or use. <a id="paragraph-296972" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1219/#A11"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The declaration shall be acknowledged by each original subscriber and by the attorney in the manner required for the acknowledgment of deeds in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Acknowledgment within the United States or its dependencies" href="/55.1-612/">55.1-612</a>. <a id="paragraph-296973" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1219/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 38-546; 1952, c. 317, &#xA7; 38.1-709; 1986, c. 562.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
