CODE OF VIRGINIA

PROVISIONS LIMITING JURISDICTION, OR REQUIRING CONSTRUCTION OF CONTRACTS BY LAW
OF OTHER STATES, PROHIBITED (§ 38.2-312)

No insurance contract delivered or issued for delivery in this Commonwealth and
covering subjects which are located or residing in this Commonwealth, or which
are performed in this Commonwealth shall contain any condition, stipulation or
agreement:

   1.  Requiring the contract to be construed according to the laws of any other
   state or country, except as may be necessary to meet the requirements of the
   motor vehicle financial responsibility laws of the other state or country; or

   2.  Depriving the courts of this Commonwealth of jurisdiction in actions
   against the insurer.

Any such condition, stipulation or agreement shall be void, but such voiding
shall not affect the validity of the remainder of the contract.

HISTORY: 1952, c. 317, § 38.1-339; 1986, c. 562.