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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>80221</law_id><section_number>38.2-801</section_number><catch_line>What constitutes appointment of agent for service of process</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>38.2-802</reference><reference>38.2-806</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="8">Service of Process</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">Unlicensed Insurers Process</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The clerk of the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> shall be deemed to be appointed by any <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> unlicensed in this Commonwealth as its agent for the <span class="dictionary">service of process</span> in accordance with &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Consequences of transacting business without authority" href="/13.1-758/">13.1-758</a> if any of the following acts are effected by mail or otherwise in this Commonwealth: <a id="paragraph-287166" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-801/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The issuance or delivery of <span class="dictionary">insurance contracts</span> to residents of this Commonwealth or to corporations authorized to do business in this Commonwealth; <a id="paragraph-287167" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-801/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The solicitation of applications for these <span class="dictionary">insurance contracts</span>; <a id="paragraph-287168" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-801/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> The collection of premiums, membership fees, assessments or other considerations for these <span class="dictionary">insurance contracts</span>; or <a id="paragraph-287169" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-801/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> The transaction of any other insurance business in connection with these <span class="dictionary">insurance contracts</span>. <a id="paragraph-287170" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-801/#A4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1952, c. 317, &#xA7; 38.1-64; 1956, c. 431; 1958, c. 597; 1986, c. 562.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
