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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>73389</law_id><section_number>38.2-809</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>38.2-810</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="2">Unlicensed Nonresident Brokers and Agents Process</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The clerk of the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> shall be deemed to be appointed by any unlicensed nonresident broker or agent as its agent for the <span class="dictionary">service of process</span> pursuant to &#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 by such unlicensed nonresident broker or agent: (i) 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, (ii) the solicitation of applications for such contracts, (iii) the collection of premiums, membership fees, assessments or other considerations for such contracts, or (iv) the transaction of any other insurance business in connection with such contracts.</p></section></text><history>1958, c. 180, &#xA7; 38.1-70.2; 1986, c. 562.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
