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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>78999</law_id><section_number>38.2-1814</section_number><catch_line>License required of resident property and casualty insurance agent and resident personal lines agent</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>38.2-1836</reference><reference>38.2-2525</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="18">Insurance Agents</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="2">Qualifications of Property and Casualty Insurance Agents, Personal Lines Agents, Title Insurance Agents, Life and Annuities Agents, and Health Agents</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> No individual who is a <span class="dictionary">resident</span> of this Commonwealth shall obtain a <span class="dictionary">license</span> as a <span class="dictionary">property and casualty insurance agent</span> or as a <span class="dictionary">personal lines agent</span> from the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> unless he has passed an examination in a form and manner prescribed by the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>. <a id="paragraph-282961" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1814/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> An individual may obtain a <span class="dictionary">license</span> as a <span class="dictionary">limited lines credit insurance agent</span>, a <span class="dictionary">limited lines property and casualty agent</span>, a <span class="dictionary">motor vehicle rental contract insurance agent</span>, or any other type of <span class="dictionary">license</span> of restricted authority that the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> may deem it necessary to recognize for the purpose of complying with &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Licensing nonresidents; reciprocal agreements with other states and Canadian provinces" href="/38.2-1836/">38.2-1836</a> without taking such examination. <a id="paragraph-282962" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1814/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1979, c. 513, &#xA7; 38.1-327.15; 1985, c. 616; 1986, cc. 364, 562; 1987, c. 521; 1989, c. 435; 1994, c. 106; 1995, c. 167; 1998, cc. 16, 47, 164; 1999, cc. 490, 586; 2001, c. 706.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
