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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>70510</law_id><section_number>38.2-2701</section_number><catch_line>Definitions</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="27">Basic Property Insurance Residual Market Facility and Joint Underwriting Association</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>As used in this chapter:
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Basic property insurance</span>&#x201D; means insurance against direct loss to any property caused by perils defined and limited in the standard fire policy prescribed in &#xA7;&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Policies shall conform to provisions of this chapter" href="/38.2-2101/">38.2-2101</a> through <a class="law" title="Temporary insurance contracts; duration; what deemed to include" href="/38.2-2112/">38.2-2112</a>, and in the extended coverage endorsement approved by the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Approval of forms or provisions for additional coverage" href="/38.2-2117/">38.2-2117</a> and such additional lines of insurance and forms of coverage as may be recommended by the governing body of the <span class="dictionary">residual market facility</span> and approved by the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Inspection service</span>&#x201D; means any organization designated or approved by the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> to determine the insurability and conditions of the properties for which <span class="dictionary">basic property insurance</span> is sought.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Net direct premiums written</span>&#x201D; means gross direct premiums written in this Commonwealth on all policies of <span class="dictionary">basic property insurance</span> and the <span class="dictionary">basic property insurance</span> component of multi-peril policies less (i) all return premiums on those policies, (ii) dividends paid or credited to policyholders, and (iii) the unused or unabsorbed portions of premium deposits.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Qualified property</span>&#x201D; means all real property and all tangible personal property at a fixed location in this Commonwealth, whether or not the property is subject to exposure from an external hazard located on property that is neither owned nor controlled by the prospective insured, and whether or not the property is subject to exposure from riot hazard, where the property:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Is not used for manufacturing purposes; <a id="paragraph-254416" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-2701/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Complies with applicable <span class="dictionary">state</span> <span class="dictionary">laws</span> and regulations and local building codes and <span class="dictionary">ordinances</span>; <a id="paragraph-254417" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-2701/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Is not commonly owned or controlled, or combinable for rating purposes, with property insured for similar coverages elsewhere; and <a id="paragraph-254418" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-2701/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> Has characteristics of ownership, condition or occupancy that do not violate any public policy.
			&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Residual market facility</span>&#x201D; means any organization approved by the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> to equitably distribute the responsibility to provide <span class="dictionary">basic property insurance</span> on <span class="dictionary">qualified property</span> among <span class="dictionary">insurers</span> licensed to write <span class="dictionary">basic property insurance</span> or other insurance containing a <span class="dictionary">basic property insurance</span> component. <a id="paragraph-254419" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-2701/#4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1968, c. 559, &#xA7; 38.1-747; 1980, c. 156; 1982, c. 664; 1986, c. 562; 1987, c. 520; 1995, c. 119.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
