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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>54272</law_id><section_number>46.2-472</section_number><catch_line>Coverage of owner&amp;#8217;s policy</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>38.2-2202</reference><reference>38.2-2205</reference><reference>38.2-2206</reference><reference>46.2-100</reference><reference>46.2-1531</reference><reference>46.2-2143.1</reference><reference>46.2-316</reference><reference>46.2-368</reference><reference>46.2-417</reference><reference>46.2-441</reference><reference>46.2-453</reference><reference>46.2-705</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="17">Motor Vehicle Liability Insurance Policies</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> For all policies effective on or after January 1, 2022, but prior to January 1, 2025, every <span class="dictionary">motor vehicle</span> <span class="dictionary">owner</span>&#x2019;s policy shall: <a id="paragraph-199247" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-472/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Designate by explicit description or by appropriate reference, all <span class="dictionary">motor vehicles</span> with respect to which coverage is intended to be granted. <a id="paragraph-199248" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-472/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Insure as <span class="dictionary">insured</span> the person named and any other person using or responsible for the use of the <span class="dictionary">motor vehicle</span> or <span class="dictionary">motor vehicles</span> with the permission of the named <span class="dictionary">insured</span>. <a id="paragraph-199249" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-472/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Insure the <span class="dictionary">insured</span> or other person against loss from any liability imposed by <span class="dictionary">law</span> for <span class="dictionary">damages</span>, including <span class="dictionary">damages</span> for care and loss of services, because of bodily injury to or death of any person, and injury to or destruction of property caused by accident and arising out of the ownership, use, or operation of such <span class="dictionary">motor vehicle</span> or <span class="dictionary">motor vehicles</span> within the Commonwealth, any other state in the United States, or Canada, subject to a limit exclusive of interest and costs, with respect to each <span class="dictionary">motor vehicle</span>, of $30,000 because of bodily injury to or death of one person in any one accident and, subject to the limit for one person, to a limit of $60,000 because of bodily injury to or death of two or more persons in any one accident, and to a limit of $20,000 because of injury to or destruction of property of others in any one accident. <a id="paragraph-199250" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-472/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> For all policies effective on or after January 1, 2025, every <span class="dictionary">motor vehicle</span> <span class="dictionary">owner</span>&#x2019;s policy shall: <a id="paragraph-199251" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-472/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Designate, by explicit description or appropriate reference, all <span class="dictionary">motor vehicles</span> with respect to which coverage is intended to be granted. <a id="paragraph-199252" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-472/#B1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Insure as <span class="dictionary">insured</span> the person named and any other person using or responsible for the use of the <span class="dictionary">motor vehicle</span> or vehicles with the permission of the named <span class="dictionary">insured</span>. <a id="paragraph-199253" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-472/#B2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Insure the <span class="dictionary">insured</span> or other person against loss from any liability imposed by <span class="dictionary">law</span> for <span class="dictionary">damages</span>, including <span class="dictionary">damages</span> for care and loss of services, because of bodily injury to or death of any person, and injury to or destruction of property caused by an accident and arising out of the ownership, use, or operation of such <span class="dictionary">motor vehicle</span> or vehicles within the Commonwealth, any other state in the United States, or Canada, subject to a limit exclusive of interest and costs, with respect to each <span class="dictionary">motor vehicle</span>, of $50,000 because of bodily injury to or death of one person in any one accident and, subject to the limit for one person, to a limit of $100,000 because of bodily injury to or death of two or more persons in any one accident, and to a limit of $25,000 because of injury to or destruction of property of others in any one accident. <a id="paragraph-199254" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-472/#B3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 46-492; 1954, c. 378; 1958, cc. 501, 541, &#xA7; 46.1-504; 1968, c. 685; 1972, c. 433; 1975, c. 382; 1978, c. 550; 1989, cc. 621, 727; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 273.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
