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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>67104</law_id><section_number>38.2-2300</section_number><catch_line>Conditions; permitted contracts; approval</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="23">Legal Services Insurance</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Legal services <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> may be offered in this Commonwealth subject to the following conditions: <a id="paragraph-243192" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-2300/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Premium <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">rates</span></span> shall be made in accordance with Chapter 19 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Purposes of chapter" href="/38.2-1900/">38.2-1900</a> et seq.) of this title. <a id="paragraph-243193" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-2300/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> No policy of legal services <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> may be delivered or issued for delivery in this Commonwealth unless it contains a provision that the <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> shall <span class="dictionary">issue</span> to the <span class="dictionary">person</span> in whose name the policy is issued, for delivery to each insured, a certificate summarizing the essential features of the <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> coverage and to whom benefits under the policy are payable. If dependents are included in the coverage, only one certificate need be issued for each family unit. <a id="paragraph-243194" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-2300/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> An <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> authorized to transact legal services <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> in this Commonwealth may, in connection with the implementation and operation of any legal services <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> program, <span class="dictionary">contract</span> with any <span class="dictionary">person</span> that offers and manages a group legal services <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> plan, including a <span class="dictionary">state</span>, city, county, or <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> bar association; or any <span class="dictionary">person</span> permitted to practice <span class="dictionary">law</span> in this Commonwealth. <a id="paragraph-243195" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-2300/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> shall not approve any legal services <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> <span class="dictionary">contract</span> if, after providing notice and opportunity to be heard, the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> finds that the <span class="dictionary">contract</span> violates any <span class="dictionary">law</span> of this Commonwealth. <a id="paragraph-243196" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-2300/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1976, c. 636, &#xA7; 38.1-389.4; 1986, c. 562.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
