                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

SUSPENSION OF LIABILITY COVERAGE AT INSURED&#8217;S REQUEST (§ 38.2-2205.1)

A. Each insurer issuing or delivering a policy or contract of motor vehicle
insurance that includes coverage for bodily injury or property damage liability
arising from the ownership, maintenance or use of any motor vehicle as provided
in this chapter, shall suspend any coverage for any motor vehicle at the request
of a named insured ordered to military duty outside this Commonwealth, or his
personal representative, during any period that the motor vehicle is impounded
in a motor vehicle impound lot on a military base of the United States Armed
Forces, the Reserves of the United States Armed Forces or the National Guard.
However, an insurer may decline to suspend such coverage (i) unless satisfactory
evidence of such impoundment is furnished to it, or (ii) if the period for which
coverage suspension is requested is less than thirty days. The suspended
coverage shall be reinstated upon request of the named insured, or his personal
representative, effective not earlier than the receipt of such request by the
insurer or any of its authorized representatives.

B. Any insurer suspending coverage pursuant to this section shall refund any
unearned premium to the named insured, or his personal representative, on a pro
rata basis.

C. The provisions of this section shall not alter or limit the insured&#8217;s
obligations under Article 8 (&#xA7; 46.2-705 et seq.) of Chapter 6 of Title
46.2.

HISTORY: 1991, c. 699.