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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>83600</law_id><section_number>38.2-1883</section_number><catch_line>Requirements for sale of self storage insurance</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="8.1">Self Storage Insurance</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> At every location where <span class="dictionary">self storage insurance</span> is offered to <span class="dictionary">customers</span>, the <span class="dictionary">lessor</span> shall make available to a prospective <span class="dictionary">customer</span> brochures or other written <span class="dictionary">materials</span> that: <a id="paragraph-299576" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1883/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Disclose that <span class="dictionary">self storage insurance</span> may provide a duplication of coverage already provided by a <span class="dictionary">customer</span>&#x2019;s homeowners insurance policy, renter&#x2019;s insurance policy, or other source of coverage; <a id="paragraph-299577" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1883/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> <span class="dictionary">State</span> that the purchase of coverage by a <span class="dictionary">customer</span> of <span class="dictionary">self storage insurance</span> is not required in <span class="dictionary">order</span> to lease a <span class="dictionary">self storage unit</span>; <a id="paragraph-299578" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1883/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Summarize the <span class="dictionary">material</span> terms of the insurance coverage, including (i) the identity of the <span class="dictionary">insurer</span>; (ii) the amount of any applicable deductible and how it is to be paid; (iii) benefits of the coverage; and (iv) key terms and conditions of coverage; and <a id="paragraph-299579" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1883/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> Summarize the process for filing a claim, including proof of loss requirements. <a id="paragraph-299580" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1883/#A4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> <span class="dictionary">Self storage insurance</span> may be offered on a month-to-month or other periodic basis as an individual policy or a group or master policy issued to a <span class="dictionary">lessor</span> under which the individual <span class="dictionary">customer</span> may elect to purchase coverage. <a id="paragraph-299581" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1883/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2013, c. 203.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
