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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>84413</law_id><section_number>38.2-803</section_number><catch_line>Alternate method of service</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>38.2-805</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> <span class="dictionary">Service of process</span> or notice in any action, suit or proceeding shall be valid if: <a id="paragraph-302576" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-803/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Served upon any <span class="dictionary">person</span> within this Commonwealth who, in this Commonwealth on behalf of the unlicensed <span class="dictionary">insurer</span>, is (i) soliciting <span class="dictionary">insurance</span>, (ii) making, issuing, or delivering any <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> <span class="dictionary">contract</span>, or (iii) collecting or receiving any premium, membership fee, assessment or other consideration for <span class="dictionary">insurance</span>; and <a id="paragraph-302577" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-803/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> A copy of the process or notice is sent within ten days thereafter by registered mail to the unlicensed <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> at its last known principal place of business. <a id="paragraph-302578" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-803/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> A post-office receipt showing the sender&#x2019;s name, and the unlicensed <span class="dictionary">insurer</span>&#x2019;s name and address, and the <span class="dictionary">plaintiff</span>&#x2019;s or <span class="dictionary">plaintiff</span>&#x2019;s attorney&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">affidavit</span> of compliance with the procedures set out in subsection A of this section shall be filed with the clerk of the <span class="dictionary">court</span> in which the proceeding is pending on or before the date the unlicensed <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> is required to appear, or within such further time as the <span class="dictionary">court</span> allows. <a id="paragraph-302579" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-803/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1952, c. 317, &#xA7; 38.1-66; 1986, c. 562.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
