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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>85675</law_id><section_number>59.1-441.1</section_number><catch_line>Definitions</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>59.1-200</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="59.1">Trade and Commerce</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="34.1">Legal Services Contracts</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>In addition to the definitions in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/59.1-435/">59.1-435</a>, the following terms in this chapter shall have the following meanings, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context:
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Contract holder</span>&#x201D; means a person entering into a <span class="dictionary">subscription contract</span> with an organization;
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Department</span>&#x201D; means the Virginia <span class="dictionary">Department</span> of Agriculture and Consumer Services;
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Legal services organization</span>&#x201D; or &#x201C;organization&#x201D; means a person subject to regulation and licensing under Chapter 44 (&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/38.2-4400/">38.2-4400</a> et seq.) of Title 38.2 who operates, conducts, or administers a <span class="dictionary">legal services plan</span>;
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Legal services plan</span>&#x201D; or &#x201C;plan&#x201D; means a contractual obligation or an arrangement whereby legal services are provided in consideration of a specified payment consisting in whole or in part of prepaid or periodic charges, regardless of whether the payment is made by the <span class="dictionary">subscribers</span> individually or by a third person for them;
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">Legal services plan</span> seller</span>&#x201D; means a person subject to registration and regulation under this chapter who offers to a <span class="dictionary">subscriber</span> the opportunity to enter into a <span class="dictionary">subscription contract</span>. Home office salaried officers whose principal duties and responsibilities do not include the negotiation or solicitation of <span class="dictionary">subscription contracts</span> shall not be required to register under this chapter;
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Subscriber</span>&#x201D; means any person entitled to benefits under the terms and conditions of a <span class="dictionary">subscription contract</span>; and
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Subscription contract</span>&#x201D; means a written contract that is issued to a <span class="dictionary">subscriber</span> by an organization and that provides legal services or benefits for legal services.</p></section></text><history>2004, c. 784.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
