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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>68943</law_id><section_number>38.2-616</section_number><catch_line>Service of process on insurance-support organizations</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><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><p>For the purpose of this article, an <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">insurance</span>-support organization</span> transacting business outside the Commonwealth that has an effect on a <span class="dictionary">person</span> residing in the Commonwealth and which is alleged to violate this article shall be deemed to have appointed the clerk of the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> to accept <span class="dictionary">service of process</span> on its behalf. Service on the clerk shall be made in accordance with &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Service of process on the Clerk of the State Corporation Commission as statutory agent" href="/12.1-19.1/">12.1-19.1</a>.</p></section></text><history>1981, c. 389, &#xA7; 38.1-57.19; 1986, c. 562; 1991, c. 672; 2020, c. 264.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
