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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>76295</law_id><section_number>38.2-2700</section_number><catch_line>Purposes of chapter</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>38.2-1343</reference><reference>38.2-1902</reference><reference>38.2-2000.1</reference><reference>38.2-2001</reference><reference>38.2-2113</reference><reference>38.2-2114</reference><reference>38.2-602</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="27">Basic Property Insurance Residual Market Facility and Joint Underwriting Association</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The purposes of this chapter are:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> To assure stability in the property <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> market of this Commonwealth; <a id="paragraph-273912" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-2700/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> To assure the availability of <span class="dictionary">basic property insurance</span> for <span class="dictionary">qualified property</span>; <a id="paragraph-273913" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-2700/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> To encourage maximum use of the voluntary insurance market provided by licensed <span class="dictionary">insurers</span> in obtaining <span class="dictionary">basic property insurance</span>; and <a id="paragraph-273914" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-2700/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> To provide for the <span class="dictionary">equitable distribution</span> among licensed <span class="dictionary">insurers</span> of the responsibility for insuring <span class="dictionary">qualified property</span> for which <span class="dictionary">basic property insurance</span> cannot be obtained through the voluntary insurance market. <a id="paragraph-273915" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-2700/#4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1968, c. 559, &#xA7; 38.1-746; 1986, c. 562.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
