                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

WHAT CONSTITUTES APPOINTMENT OF AGENT FOR SERVICE OF PROCESS (§ 38.2-809)

The clerk of the Commission shall be deemed to be appointed by any unlicensed
nonresident broker or agent as its agent for the service of process pursuant to
§ 13.1-758 if any of the following acts are effected by mail or otherwise in
this Commonwealth by such unlicensed nonresident broker or agent: (i) the
issuance or delivery of insurance contracts to residents of this Commonwealth or
to corporations authorized to do business in this Commonwealth, (ii) the
solicitation of applications for such contracts, (iii) the collection of
premiums, membership fees, assessments or other considerations for such
contracts, or (iv) the transaction of any other insurance business in connection
with such contracts.

HISTORY: 1958, c. 180, § 38.1-70.2; 1986, c. 562.