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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>56365</law_id><section_number>38.2-3911</section_number><catch_line>Time limit on certain defenses</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>38.2-3912</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="39">Mutual Assessment Life, Accident and Sickness Insurers</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="3">Policy Provisions and Benefits</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Every <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> policy or <span class="dictionary">contract</span> shall contain a provision that after two years from the effective date of the policy or <span class="dictionary">contract</span>, only fraudulent misstatements in the application may be used to void the policy or <span class="dictionary">contract</span> or deny any claim for a loss incurred or a disability that starts after the two-year period. This provision may be omitted if the incontestable clause referred to in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Incontestability of policies" href="/38.2-3912/">38.2-3912</a> is included.</p></section></text><history>1985, c. 400, &#xA7; 38.1-549.12; 1986, c. 562.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
