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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>75172</law_id><section_number>38.2-312</section_number><catch_line>Provisions limiting jurisdiction, or requiring construction of contracts by law of other states, prohibited</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>38.2-2616</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><p>No <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> <span class="dictionary">contract</span> delivered or issued for delivery in this Commonwealth and covering subjects which are located or residing in this Commonwealth, or which are performed in this Commonwealth shall contain any condition, <span class="dictionary">stipulation</span> or agreement:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Requiring the <span class="dictionary">contract</span> to be construed according to the <span class="dictionary">laws</span> of any other <span class="dictionary">state</span> or country, except as may be necessary to meet the requirements of the motor vehicle financial responsibility <span class="dictionary">laws</span> of the other <span class="dictionary">state</span> or country; or <a id="paragraph-269934" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-312/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Depriving the <span class="dictionary">courts</span> of this Commonwealth of <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> in actions against the <span class="dictionary">insurer</span>.
			Any such condition, <span class="dictionary">stipulation</span> or agreement shall be void, but such voiding shall not affect the validity of the remainder of the <span class="dictionary">contract</span>. <a id="paragraph-269935" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-312/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1952, c. 317, &#xA7; 38.1-339; 1986, c. 562.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
