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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>78057</law_id><section_number>38.2-614</section_number><catch_line>Powers of Commission</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>38.2-3456</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="6">Insurance Information and Privacy Protection</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">Collection, Use, and Dissemination of Information</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> shall have the power to examine and investigate the affairs of any <span class="dictionary">insurance institution</span> or <span class="dictionary">agent</span> doing business in the Commonwealth to determine whether the <span class="dictionary">insurance institution</span> or <span class="dictionary">agent</span> has been or is engaged in any conduct in violation of this article. <a id="paragraph-279851" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-614/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> shall have the power to examine and investigate the affairs of any <span class="dictionary">insurance-support organization</span> that acts on behalf of an <span class="dictionary">insurance institution</span> or <span class="dictionary">agent</span> and that either (i) transacts business in the Commonwealth, or (ii) transacts business outside the Commonwealth and has an effect on a <span class="dictionary">person</span> residing in the Commonwealth, in <span class="dictionary">order</span> to determine whether the <span class="dictionary">insurance-support organization</span> has been or is engaged in any conduct in violation of this article. <a id="paragraph-279852" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-614/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1981, c. 389, &#xA7; 38.1-57.17; 1986, c. 562; 2020, c. 264.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
