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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>65571</law_id><section_number>38.2-127</section_number><catch_line>Legal services insurance</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>38.2-1800</reference><reference>38.2-2503</reference><reference>38.2-4401</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;Legal services <span class="dictionary">insurance</span>&#x201D; means the assumption of a contractual obligation to reimburse the insured against, or pay on behalf of the insured, all or a portion of his fees, costs, and expenses related to services performed by or under the supervision of an attorney licensed to practice in the <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> where the services are performed.</p></section></text><history>1976, c. 636, &#xA7; 38.1-22.1; 1978, c. 658; 1986, c. 562.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
