                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

WHEN INSURANCE REQUIRED AND AMOUNT THEREOF (§ 22.1-190)

A. Every vehicle shall be covered in a policy of liability and property damage
insurance issued by an insurance carrier authorized to transact business in this
Commonwealth, in the amounts of at least $50,000 for injury, including death, to
one person; $500,000 for injury, including death, to all persons injured in any
one accident; and $50,000 for damage, including destruction, to the property of
any person, other than the insured. In addition, the policy of insurance shall
provide coverage for loss or damage caused by an uninsured motorist in
accordance with the provisions of &#xA7; 38.2-2206 and in the amounts required
by this section. The policy shall also provide for medical expense payment
coverage in the minimum amount of $5,000 for each person injured. Taxicabs
providing transportation of students under contract with a school division shall
be covered by policies providing coverage of at least $50,000 for injury,
including death, to one person; $200,000 for injury, including death, to all
persons injured in any one accident; $10,000 for damage, including destruction,
to the property of any person other than the insured; and medical expense
payment coverage in the minimum amount of $1,000 for each person injured, or in
such higher amounts as the contract with the school division or a local
ordinance may prescribe.

B. The insurance so effected shall be subject to all laws of this Commonwealth
regulating insurance.

C. This insurance shall not be required in cases when pupils are transported on
a common carrier if such carrier is covered by a policy of insurance affording
substantially the protection required by this article.

D. This insurance shall not be required in cases where pupils are transported in
vehicles which are owned or operated by a county, city, town or school board
which has qualified for and received a certificate of self-insurance from the
Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles, following a certification of
financial responsibility equal to that required under subsection A of this
section. The Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles may require
posting of a bond by a locality or school board as a condition to issuance of a
certificate of financial responsibility pursuant to this subsection.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 22-285; 1958, c. 301; 1970, c. 681; 1976, c. 224; 1980,
c. 559; 2012, c. 593.