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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>76812</law_id><section_number>38.2-302</section_number><catch_line>Life, accident, and sickness insurance; application required</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>38.2-301</reference><reference>38.2-3323</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="3">Provisions Relating to Insurance Policies and Contracts</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> No <span class="dictionary">contract</span> of <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> upon a <span class="dictionary">person</span> shall be made or effectuated unless at the time of the making of the <span class="dictionary">contract</span> the individual insured, being of lawful age and competent to <span class="dictionary">contract</span> for the <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> <span class="dictionary">contract</span>, (i) applies for <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> or (ii) consents in writing to the <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> <span class="dictionary">contract</span>. However: <a id="paragraph-275781" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-302/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Either spouse may effect an <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> <span class="dictionary">contract</span> upon each other; <a id="paragraph-275782" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-302/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Any <span class="dictionary">person</span> having an insurable interest in the life of a <span class="dictionary">minor</span>, or any <span class="dictionary">person</span> upon whom a <span class="dictionary">minor</span> is dependent for support and maintenance, may effect an <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> <span class="dictionary">contract</span> upon the life of or pertaining to the <span class="dictionary">minor</span>; or <a id="paragraph-275783" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-302/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> A corporate employer or an employee benefit trust having the insurable interest described in subdivision B 3 of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Insurable interest required; life, accident and sickness insurance" href="/38.2-301/">38.2-301</a> may effect an <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> <span class="dictionary">contract</span> upon the lives of such employees, provided that the employer or trust provides the employee with notice in writing that such <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> has been purchased, the amount of such coverage, and to whom benefits are payable in the event of the employee&#x2019;s death. <a id="paragraph-275784" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-302/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Nothing in this section shall prohibit a <span class="dictionary">minor</span> from obtaining <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> on his own life as authorized in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="What contracts with respect to life insurance may be made by minors" href="/38.2-3105/">38.2-3105</a>. <a id="paragraph-275785" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-302/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1952, c. 317, &#xA7; 38.1-330; 1986, c. 562; 1988, c. 831; 1993, c. 105; 2020, c. 900.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
