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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>55365</law_id><section_number>38.2-1818</section_number><catch_line>Individual moving from another state or Canadian province</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="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> An individual holding a nonresident Virginia agent <span class="dictionary">license</span> who has moved into this Commonwealth from another <span class="dictionary">state</span> or a province of Canada shall submit the application and pay the <span class="dictionary">license</span> processing fee required by &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Application for license; fee required; fingerprints" href="/38.2-1819/">38.2-1819</a> and in accordance with the requirements set forth in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Licensing nonresidents; reciprocal agreements with other states and Canadian provinces" href="/38.2-1836/">38.2-1836</a>. Agents with active nonresident Virginia agent <span class="dictionary">licenses</span> may continue to operate under their nonresident <span class="dictionary">licenses</span> for up to ninety calendar days while applying for <span class="dictionary">resident</span> Virginia agent&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">licenses</span>. Appointments made under such nonresident <span class="dictionary">licenses</span> shall remain in effect during the ninety-calendar-day period, unless terminated for other reasons. Appointments held by an agent under a nonresident Virginia agent <span class="dictionary">license</span> shall automatically be converted to <span class="dictionary">resident</span> agent appointments if the agent obtains an equivalent <span class="dictionary">resident</span> Virginia agent <span class="dictionary">license</span> during the ninety-calendar-day period. If an agent fails to obtain such <span class="dictionary">resident</span> <span class="dictionary">license</span> by the end of the ninety-calendar-day period, the equivalent nonresident <span class="dictionary">license</span> and all associated appointments under that <span class="dictionary">license</span> shall <span class="dictionary">terminate</span> at the end of the ninety-calendar-day period. <a id="paragraph-203010" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1818/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> An individual licensed as an <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> producer in another <span class="dictionary">state</span> or province of Canada, but not holding a nonresident Virginia agent <span class="dictionary">license</span>, who moves to this Commonwealth shall submit the application to become a <span class="dictionary">resident</span> licensee and shall pay the <span class="dictionary">license</span> processing fee required by &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Application for license; fee required; fingerprints" href="/38.2-1819/">38.2-1819</a> and in accordance with the requirements of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Licensing nonresidents; reciprocal agreements with other states and Canadian provinces" href="/38.2-1836/">38.2-1836</a> within ninety calendar days of establishing legal residence in this Commonwealth. No prelicensing examination shall be required of that individual to obtain any line of authority previously held in the prior <span class="dictionary">state</span> except where the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> determines otherwise by regulation. After establishing legal residence in this Commonwealth and prior to obtaining a <span class="dictionary">license</span> as a <span class="dictionary">resident</span> agent, the individual shall be prohibited from selling, soliciting, or negotiating <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> in this Commonwealth. An individual who fails to submit the application and <span class="dictionary">license</span> processing fee within ninety calendar days of establishing legal residence in this Commonwealth shall be required to satisfy all <span class="dictionary">resident</span> agent prelicensing requirements in <span class="dictionary">order</span> to be issued a <span class="dictionary">license</span>. <a id="paragraph-203011" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1818/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1979, c. 513, &#xA7; 38.1-327.19; 1980, c. 743; 1986, c. 562; 1987, c. 521; 1997, c. 583; 2001, c. 706.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
