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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>85248</law_id><section_number>38.2-1876</section_number><catch_line>Licensure of vendors</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="8">Portable Electronics Insurance</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> A <span class="dictionary">vendor</span> is required to hold a <span class="dictionary">limited lines property and casualty insurance</span> agent <span class="dictionary">license</span> to <span class="dictionary">sell</span> or offer coverage under a policy of <span class="dictionary">portable electronics insurance</span>. <a id="paragraph-305509" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1876/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> On or before May 1, 2021, and biennially thereafter, each <span class="dictionary">vendor</span> licensed as a <span class="dictionary">limited lines property and casualty insurance</span> agent shall submit to the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> a renewal application, along with a nonrefundable renewal application processing fee prescribed by the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>, for the renewal of the <span class="dictionary">license</span>. Any <span class="dictionary">limited lines property and casualty insurance</span> agent <span class="dictionary">license</span> for which the renewal application and nonrefundable renewal application processing fee have been received by the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> and all other applicable licensing and renewal provisions in this chapter have been met shall, unless the <span class="dictionary">license</span> has been terminated, suspended, or revoked, be renewed for a two-year period. Any <span class="dictionary">limited lines property and casualty insurance</span> agent <span class="dictionary">license</span> for which the renewal application and nonrefundable renewal application processing fee have not been received by the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> shall automatically be terminated. <a id="paragraph-305510" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1876/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> A <span class="dictionary">license</span> issued under this article shall authorize any employee or authorized representative of a licensed <span class="dictionary">vendor</span> to <span class="dictionary">sell</span> or offer <span class="dictionary">portable electronics insurance</span> coverage under a policy of <span class="dictionary">portable electronics insurance</span> to a <span class="dictionary">customer</span> at each location at which the <span class="dictionary">vendor</span> engages in <span class="dictionary">portable electronics transactions</span>. <a id="paragraph-305511" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1876/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> The acts of a licensed <span class="dictionary">vendor</span>&#x2019;s employee or authorized representative offering to <span class="dictionary">sell</span> coverage under a policy of <span class="dictionary">portable electronics insurance</span> shall be deemed to be the acts of the <span class="dictionary">vendor</span> for purposes of this article. <a id="paragraph-305512" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1876/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="E"><p><span class="prefix-number">E.</span> Every licensed <span class="dictionary">vendor</span> shall maintain a list of all locations in the Commonwealth where the <span class="dictionary">vendor</span> offers coverage under a policy of <span class="dictionary">portable electronics insurance</span> and shall make the list available to the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> for inspection upon request. <a id="paragraph-305513" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1876/#E"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="F"><p><span class="prefix-number">F.</span> Notwithstanding any other provision of <span class="dictionary">law</span>, a <span class="dictionary">license</span> issued pursuant to this article shall authorize the licensed <span class="dictionary">vendor</span>&#x2019;s employees and authorized representatives to engage only in those activities that are expressly permitted in this article. <a id="paragraph-305514" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1876/#F"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2011, c. 222; 2019, c. 675.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
