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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>72704</law_id><section_number>38.2-4403</section_number><catch_line>The Virginia State Bar may sponsor plans</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>38.2-4404</reference><reference>38.2-4406</reference><reference>38.2-4407</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="44">Legal Services Plans</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The Virginia <span class="dictionary">State</span> Bar may sponsor, and its member attorneys may, through a nonstock corporation, operate a <span class="dictionary">legal services plan</span> under the following conditions:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> All members of the Virginia <span class="dictionary">State</span> Bar may participate in the plan. <a id="paragraph-261688" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-4403/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> No more than one-fourth of the board of directors of the nonstock corporation operating the plan may be attorneys who shall be appointed to the board by the Virginia <span class="dictionary">State</span> Bar. A majority of the members of the board shall not be providers of legal services to the plan nor employees or officers of the corporation conducting the plan. The nonprovider members of the board may not be elected or appointed by the Virginia <span class="dictionary">State</span> Bar or by attorneys participating in the plan. <a id="paragraph-261689" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-4403/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> No part of the dues paid by attorneys to the Virginia <span class="dictionary">State</span> Bar shall be used to financially support the nonstock corporation. <a id="paragraph-261690" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-4403/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> shall require quarterly compliance certification from all <span class="dictionary">plans</span> licensed pursuant to this section. <a id="paragraph-261691" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-4403/#4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1982, c. 387, &#xA7; 38.1-793.1; 1986, c. 562.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
