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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>73362</law_id><section_number>46.2-464</section_number><catch_line>Application for assignment of risk to insurance carrier</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>38.2-2000.1</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="46.2">Motor Vehicles</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Titling, Registration and Licensure</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="3">Licensure of Drivers</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="16">Assignment of Insurance Risks</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Every person who has been unable to obtain a <span class="dictionary">motor vehicle liability policy</span> shall have the right to apply to the State Corporation <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> to have his risk assigned to an insurance carrier licensed to write and writing motor vehicle liability insurance in the Commonwealth and the insurance carrier, whether a stock or mutual company, reciprocal, or interinsurance exchange, or other type or form of insurance organization, as provided in this article shall <span class="dictionary">issue</span> a <span class="dictionary">motor vehicle liability policy</span> which will meet at least the minimum requirements for establishing <span class="dictionary">financial responsibility</span> as provided in this chapter, and in addition shall provide, at the option of the <span class="dictionary">insured</span>, reasonable motor vehicle physical damage and medical payments coverages, (both as defined in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Motor vehicle" href="/38.2-124/">38.2-124</a>) in the same policy.
		Every person who has otherwise obtained a motor vehicle liability insurance policy, or who has been afforded motor vehicle liability insurance under the provisions of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Agreements for equitable apportionment of insurance; reasonable performance standards; Virginia Workers' Compensation Insurance Plan" href="/38.2-2015/">38.2-2015</a>, but who was not afforded motor vehicle medical payments insurance or motor vehicle physical damage insurance in the same policy, or who was not afforded such coverages under the provisions of that section, shall have the right to apply to the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> to have his risk assigned to an insurance carrier, as provided above, licensed to write and writing either or both coverages, and the insurance carrier shall <span class="dictionary">issue</span> a policy providing the coverage or coverages applied for.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 46-486; 1958, c. 541, &#xA7; 46.1-497; 1972, c. 842; 1974, c. 88; 1989, c. 727.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
