                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

APPLICATION FOR LICENSE; FEE REQUIRED; FINGERPRINTS (§ 38.2-1819)

A. Each applicant for a license shall make application to the Commission, in the
form and containing the information the Commission prescribes. Each applicant
shall, at the time of applying for a license, pay a nonrefundable application
processing fee in an amount and in a manner prescribed by the Commission. The
prescribed application processing fee shall not be less than $10 nor more than
$20 per line of authority. The fee shall be collected by the Commission and paid
directly into the state treasury and credited to the fund for the maintenance of
the Bureau of Insurance as provided in subsection B of &#xA7; 38.2-400.

B. Each individual who is a resident of the Commonwealth shall, at the time of
applying for a new license, be fingerprinted in a form and manner prescribed by
the Commission and shall provide personal descriptive information to be
forwarded along with the applicant&#8217;s fingerprints through the Central
Criminal Records Exchange to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for the purpose
of obtaining criminal history record information regarding such applicant. The
results of the state and national records search shall be forwarded to the
Commissioner or the Commissioner&#8217;s designee, who shall be an employee of
the Commission. The cost of fingerprinting and the criminal history record check
shall be paid by the applicant. If an applicant&#8217;s application for a
license is denied, the Commission shall provide a copy of the information
obtained from the Central Criminal Records Exchange to the applicant upon
request. The information provided to the Commission shall not be disseminated
except as provided in this subsection.

C. No resident license requiring an examination shall be issued by the
Commission later than 183 calendar days from the date the applicant satisfies
the prelicensing examination requirements set forth in &#xA7; 38.2-1817.
Applicants failing to satisfy this requirement shall be required to satisfy all
prelicensing requirements, including the examination, again before applying.

D. Except where prohibited by state or federal law, by submitting an application
for license, the applicant shall be deemed to have appointed the clerk of the
Commission as the agent for service of process on the applicant in any action or
proceeding arising in the Commonwealth out of or in connection with the exercise
of the license. Such appointment of the clerk of the Commission as agent for
service of process shall be irrevocable during the period within which a cause
of action against the applicant may arise out of transactions with respect to
subjects of insurance in the Commonwealth. Service of process on the clerk of
the Commission shall conform to the provisions of Chapter 8 (&#xA7; 38.2-800 et
seq.).

HISTORY: 1979, c. 513, § 38.1-327.20; 1986, c. 562; 1987, c. 521; 1989, c. 435;
1994, c. 316; 2001, c. 706; 2019, c. 675.