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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>56297</law_id><section_number>38.2-2205</section_number><catch_line>Liability insurance on motor vehicles; standard provisions; applicability of other valid and collectible 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>38.2-2212</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="22">Liability Insurance Policies</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> 1. Each policy or <span class="dictionary">contract</span> of bodily injury or property damage liability <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> which provides <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> to a named insured in connection with the business of selling, leasing, repairing, servicing, storing or parking motor vehicles, against liability arising from the ownership, maintenance, or use of any motor vehicle incident thereto shall contain a provision that the <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> coverage applicable to those motor vehicles shall not be applicable to a <span class="dictionary">person</span> other than the named insured and his employees in the course of their employment if there is any other valid and collectible <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> applicable to the same loss covering the other <span class="dictionary">person</span> under a policy with limits at least equal to the financial responsibility requirements specified in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Coverage of owner's policy" href="/46.2-472/">46.2-472</a>. Such provision shall apply to motor vehicles which are either for the purpose of demonstrating to the other <span class="dictionary">person</span> as a prospective purchaser, or which are loaned or leased to the other <span class="dictionary">person</span> as a convenience during the repairing or servicing of a motor vehicle for the other <span class="dictionary">person</span>, or leased to the other <span class="dictionary">person</span> for a period of six months or more. This provision shall apply whether such repair or service is performed by the owner of the vehicle being loaned or leased or by some other <span class="dictionary">person</span> or business. <a id="paragraph-206175" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-2205/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> If the other valid and collectible <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> has limits less than the financial responsibility requirements specified in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Coverage of owner's policy" href="/46.2-472/">46.2-472</a>, then the coverage afforded a <span class="dictionary">person</span> other than the named insured and his employees in the course of their employment shall be applicable to the extent necessary to equal the financial responsibility requirements specified in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Coverage of owner's policy" href="/46.2-472/">46.2-472</a>. <a id="paragraph-206176" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-2205/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> If there is no other valid and collectible <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> available, the coverage under such policy afforded a <span class="dictionary">person</span>, other than the named insured and his employees in the course of their employment, shall be applicable, but the amount recoverable in such case shall not exceed the financial responsibility requirements specified in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Coverage of owner's policy" href="/46.2-472/">46.2-472</a>. If there is no other valid and collectible collision or upset <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> available and if such policy provides <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> to the named insured for collision or upset, it shall include any such other <span class="dictionary">person</span> as an additional insured, unless in the case of a leased vehicle such other <span class="dictionary">person</span> receives a conspicuous written disclosure at the commencement of the lease, warning such <span class="dictionary">person</span> that he is not an additional insured under the owner&#x2019;s policy for collision or upset coverage. <a id="paragraph-206177" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-2205/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> 1. Any policy or <span class="dictionary">contract</span> of bodily injury or property damage liability <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> relating to the ownership, maintenance, or use of a motor vehicle shall exclude coverage to <span class="dictionary">persons</span> other than (i) the named insured, or (ii) directors, stockholders, partners, agents, or employees of the named insured, or (iii) residents of the household of either (i) or (ii), while those <span class="dictionary">persons</span> are employed or otherwise engaged in the business of selling, repairing, servicing, storing, or parking motor vehicles if there is any other valid or collectible <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> applicable to the same loss covering the <span class="dictionary">persons</span> under a policy with limits at least equal to the financial responsibility requirements specified in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Coverage of owner's policy" href="/46.2-472/">46.2-472</a>. <a id="paragraph-206178" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-2205/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> If the other valid and collectible <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> has limits less than the financial responsibility requirements specified in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Coverage of owner's policy" href="/46.2-472/">46.2-472</a>, then the coverage afforded a <span class="dictionary">person</span> other than the named insured while that <span class="dictionary">person</span> is employed or otherwise engaged in the business of selling, repairing, servicing, storing, or parking motor vehicles shall be applicable to the extent necessary to equal the financial responsibility requirements specified in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Coverage of owner's policy" href="/46.2-472/">46.2-472</a>. <a id="paragraph-206179" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-2205/#B2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> If there is no other valid and collectible <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> available, the coverage afforded a <span class="dictionary">person</span> other than the named insured while that <span class="dictionary">person</span> is employed or otherwise engaged in the business of selling, repairing, servicing, storing, or parking motor vehicles shall apply, but the amount recoverable shall not exceed the financial responsibility requirements specified in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Coverage of owner's policy" href="/46.2-472/">46.2-472</a>. <a id="paragraph-206180" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-2205/#B3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 38-238; 1952, c. 317, &#xA7; 38.1-381; 1958, c. 282; 1959, Ex. Sess., cc. 42, 70; 1970, c. 462; 1962, c. 457; 1964, c. 477; 1966, cc. 182, 459; 1968, cc. 199, 721; 1970, c. 494; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 216; 1973, cc. 225, 390; 1974, c. 87; 1976, cc. 121, 122; 1977, c. 78; 1979, c. 113; 1980, cc. 326, 331; 1981, Sp. Sess., c. 6; 1982, cc. 638, 642; 1984, c. 541; 1985, cc. 39, 325; 1986, c. 562; 1987, c. 685; 1992, c. 474.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
