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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>70545</law_id><section_number>38.2-4700</section_number><catch_line>What persons deemed insurance premium finance companies</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>38.2-1806</reference><reference>38.2-513.1</reference><reference>52-36</reference><reference>6.2-303</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="47">Insurance Premium Finance Companies</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Any <span class="dictionary">person</span> engaged in whole or in part in financing premiums for <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> on subjects of <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> resident, located or to be performed in this Commonwealth shall be an <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> premium finance <span class="dictionary">company</span> subject to this chapter. Any <span class="dictionary">person</span> who acquires agreements for this financing from an <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> premium finance <span class="dictionary">company</span> shall be deemed an <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> premium finance <span class="dictionary">company</span> subject to this chapter. <a id="paragraph-254555" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-4700/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> No <span class="dictionary">person</span> shall be deemed an <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> premium finance <span class="dictionary">company</span> by reason of any transaction lawful under the <span class="dictionary">laws</span> of this Commonwealth without regard to the provisions of this chapter. No bank, trust <span class="dictionary">company</span>, savings institution, industrial loan association, credit union, consumer finance <span class="dictionary">company</span> licensed under Chapter 15 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/6.2-1500/">6.2-1500</a> et seq.) of Title 6.2, licensed <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> agent extending credit as authorized in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Interest with respect to credit extended or money lent for premiums on certain policies" href="/38.2-1806/">38.2-1806</a>, or <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> shall be licensed under the provisions of this chapter, nor be subject to the restrictions and obligations imposed by this chapter. <a id="paragraph-254556" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-4700/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1964, c. 147, &#xA7; 38.1-735; 1986, c. 562; 1996, c. 77.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
