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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>68244</law_id><section_number>38.2-5500</section_number><catch_line>Applicability</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>38.2-4123</reference><reference>38.2-4214</reference><reference>38.2-4319</reference><reference>38.2-4509</reference><reference>38.2-6103</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="55">Risk-Based Capital Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The provisions of this chapter shall be known as The <span class="dictionary">Risk-Based Capital</span> Act and may be referred to herein as &#x201C;the Act.&#x201D; The Act shall apply to all <span class="dictionary">persons</span> licensed in the Commonwealth to transact an <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> business pursuant to provisions in Chapter 10 (&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Incorporation of domestic stock insurers" href="/38.2-1000/">38.2-1000</a> et seq.), 11 (&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Scope of chapter" href="/38.2-1100/">38.2-1100</a> et seq.), 12 (&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Scope of chapter" href="/38.2-1200/">38.2-1200</a> et seq.), 25 (&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Scope of chapter" href="/38.2-2500/">38.2-2500</a> et seq.), 41 (&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Fraternal benefit societies" href="/38.2-4100/">38.2-4100</a> et seq.), 42 (&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Applicability of chapter" href="/38.2-4200/">38.2-4200</a> et seq.), 43 (&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/38.2-4300/">38.2-4300</a> et seq.), 45 (&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Applicability of chapter" href="/38.2-4500/">38.2-4500</a> et seq.), or 61 (&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Applicability of chapter" href="/38.2-6100/">38.2-6100</a> et seq.).</p></section></text><history>1995, c. 789; 2000, c. 47; 2012, c. 156; 2014, c. 309.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
