{"law_id":"791078","section_number":"38.2-3339","catch_line":"Exemption of group life insurance policies from legal process","history":"Code 1950, \u00a7 38-432; 1952, c. 317, \u00a7 38.1-482; 1986, c. 562.","order_by":null,"metadata":false,"court_decisions":{"0":{"name":"Sexton v. Cornett","case_number":"050643","citation":"623 S.E.2d 898","date":"2006-01-13","url":"https:\/\/www.courtlistener.com\/opinion\/1058860\/sexton-v-cornett\/","abstract":" .\u202f.\u202f. quot; Code \u00a7 38.2-3339, pertaining to group life insurance generally, provides: .\u202f.\u202f. ","court_html":"<abbr title=\"Supreme Court of Virginia\">SCV<\/abbr>"}},"official_url":"http:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/38.2-3339\/","refers_to":false,"url":"\/38.2-3339\/","token":"38.2\/33\/2\/38.2-3339","structure":{"1":{"id":"471","name":"Group Life Insurance Policies","identifier":"2","label":"article","url":"\/38.2\/33\/2\/"},"2":{"id":"192","name":"Life Insurance Policies","identifier":"33","label":"chapter","url":"\/38.2\/33\/"},"3":{"id":"7","name":"Insurance","identifier":"38.2","label":"title","url":"\/38.2\/"}},"referred_to_by":false,"edition_id":"11","section_id":"791078","structure_id":"471","full_text":"No group life insurance policy, nor its proceeds, shall be liable to attachment, garnishment, or other process, or to be seized, taken, appropriated, or applied by any legal or equitable process or operation of law, to pay any debt or liability of any person insured under the policy, or his beneficiary, or any other person who has a right under the policy, either before or after payment. If the proceeds of a group life insurance policy are not made payable to a named beneficiary, the proceeds shall not constitute a part of the insured person&#8217;s estate for the payment of his debts.","text":{"0":{"id":"2552569","text":"No group life insurance policy, nor its proceeds, shall be liable to attachment, garnishment, or other process, or to be seized, taken, appropriated, or applied by any legal or equitable process or operation of law, to pay any debt or liability of any person insured under the policy, or his beneficiary, or any other person who has a right under the policy, either before or after payment. If the proceeds of a group life insurance policy are not made payable to a named beneficiary, the proceeds shall not constitute a part of the insured person&#8217;s estate for the payment of his debts.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":{"1":{"id":"471","name":"Group Life Insurance Policies","identifier":"2","label":"article","url":"\/38.2\/33\/2\/"},"2":{"id":"192","name":"Life Insurance Policies","identifier":"33","label":"chapter","url":"\/38.2\/33\/"},"3":{"id":"7","name":"Insurance","identifier":"38.2","label":"title","url":"\/38.2\/"}},"structure_contents":{"0":{"id":"794471","structure_id":"471","section_number":"38.2-3318","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/38.2-3318\/","token":"38.2\/33\/2\/38.2-3318"},"1":{"id":"792474","structure_id":"471","section_number":"38.2-3318.1","catch_line":"Group life insurance requirements","url":"\/38.2-3318.1\/","token":"38.2\/33\/2\/38.2-3318.1"},"2":{"id":"789070","structure_id":"471","section_number":"38.2-3319","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/38.2-3319\/","token":"38.2\/33\/2\/38.2-3319"},"3":{"id":"783774","structure_id":"471","section_number":"38.2-3319.1","catch_line":"Limits of group life insurance","url":"\/38.2-3319.1\/","token":"38.2\/33\/2\/38.2-3319.1"},"4":{"id":"785006","structure_id":"471","section_number":"38.2-3319.2","catch_line":"Review of records","url":"\/38.2-3319.2\/","token":"38.2\/33\/2\/38.2-3319.2"},"5":{"id":"775511","structure_id":"471","section_number":"38.2-3320","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/38.2-3320\/","token":"38.2\/33\/2\/38.2-3320"},"6":{"id":"787140","structure_id":"471","section_number":"38.2-3320.1","catch_line":"Policies issued outside of the Commonwealth of Virginia","url":"\/38.2-3320.1\/","token":"38.2\/33\/2\/38.2-3320.1"},"7":{"id":"768211","structure_id":"471","section_number":"38.2-3321","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/38.2-3321\/","token":"38.2\/33\/2\/38.2-3321"},"8":{"id":"788133","structure_id":"471","section_number":"38.2-3321.1","catch_line":"Requirements for those marketing group life insurance","url":"\/38.2-3321.1\/","token":"38.2\/33\/2\/38.2-3321.1"},"9":{"id":"790155","structure_id":"471","section_number":"38.2-3322","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/38.2-3322\/","token":"38.2\/33\/2\/38.2-3322"},"10":{"id":"782733","structure_id":"471","section_number":"38.2-3322.1","catch_line":"Regulations","url":"\/38.2-3322.1\/","token":"38.2\/33\/2\/38.2-3322.1"},"11":{"id":"783350","structure_id":"471","section_number":"38.2-3322.2","catch_line":"Lives covered","url":"\/38.2-3322.2\/","token":"38.2\/33\/2\/38.2-3322.2"},"12":{"id":"786030","structure_id":"471","section_number":"38.2-3323","catch_line":"Group life insurance coverages of spouses, dependent children, and other persons","url":"\/38.2-3323\/","token":"38.2\/33\/2\/38.2-3323"},"13":{"id":"765278","structure_id":"471","section_number":"38.2-3324","catch_line":"Standard provisions required; exceptions","url":"\/38.2-3324\/","token":"38.2\/33\/2\/38.2-3324"},"14":{"id":"781704","structure_id":"471","section_number":"38.2-3325","catch_line":"Grace period","url":"\/38.2-3325\/","token":"38.2\/33\/2\/38.2-3325"},"15":{"id":"768289","structure_id":"471","section_number":"38.2-3326","catch_line":"Incontestability","url":"\/38.2-3326\/","token":"38.2\/33\/2\/38.2-3326"},"16":{"id":"787331","structure_id":"471","section_number":"38.2-3327","catch_line":"Entire contract; statements deemed representations","url":"\/38.2-3327\/","token":"38.2\/33\/2\/38.2-3327"},"17":{"id":"791028","structure_id":"471","section_number":"38.2-3328","catch_line":"Evidence of individual insurability","url":"\/38.2-3328\/","token":"38.2\/33\/2\/38.2-3328"},"18":{"id":"772911","structure_id":"471","section_number":"38.2-3329","catch_line":"Misstatement of age","url":"\/38.2-3329\/","token":"38.2\/33\/2\/38.2-3329"},"19":{"id":"795604","structure_id":"471","section_number":"38.2-3330","catch_line":"Payment of benefits","url":"\/38.2-3330\/","token":"38.2\/33\/2\/38.2-3330"},"20":{"id":"792748","structure_id":"471","section_number":"38.2-3331","catch_line":"Individual certificates","url":"\/38.2-3331\/","token":"38.2\/33\/2\/38.2-3331"},"21":{"id":"775312","structure_id":"471","section_number":"38.2-3332","catch_line":"Right to individual policy upon termination of employment or membership","url":"\/38.2-3332\/","token":"38.2\/33\/2\/38.2-3332"},"22":{"id":"785431","structure_id":"471","section_number":"38.2-3333","catch_line":"Right to individual policy upon termination of group policy or elimination of class of insured persons","url":"\/38.2-3333\/","token":"38.2\/33\/2\/38.2-3333"},"23":{"id":"771773","structure_id":"471","section_number":"38.2-3334","catch_line":"Death after termination of group insurance and before issuance of individual policy","url":"\/38.2-3334\/","token":"38.2\/33\/2\/38.2-3334"},"24":{"id":"784768","structure_id":"471","section_number":"38.2-3335","catch_line":"Additional persons becoming eligible","url":"\/38.2-3335\/","token":"38.2\/33\/2\/38.2-3335"},"25":{"id":"765511","structure_id":"471","section_number":"38.2-3336","catch_line":"Provisions required by other jurisdictions","url":"\/38.2-3336\/","token":"38.2\/33\/2\/38.2-3336"},"26":{"id":"792816","structure_id":"471","section_number":"38.2-3337","catch_line":"Assignment","url":"\/38.2-3337\/","token":"38.2\/33\/2\/38.2-3337"},"27":{"id":"774020","structure_id":"471","section_number":"38.2-3338","catch_line":"Provisions prohibited","url":"\/38.2-3338\/","token":"38.2\/33\/2\/38.2-3338"},"28":{"id":"791078","structure_id":"471","section_number":"38.2-3339","catch_line":"Exemption of group life insurance policies from legal process","url":"\/38.2-3339\/","token":"38.2\/33\/2\/38.2-3339"}},"previous_section":{"id":"774020","structure_id":"471","section_number":"38.2-3338","catch_line":"Provisions prohibited","url":"\/38.2-3338\/","token":"38.2\/33\/2\/38.2-3338"},"references":false,"formats":{"txt":"\/38.2-3339.txt","json":"\/38.2-3339.json","xml":"\/38.2-3339.xml"},"dublin_core":{"Title":"Exemption of group life insurance policies from legal process","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 38.2-3339","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEXEMPTION OF GROUP LIFE INSURANCE POLICIES FROM LEGAL PROCESS (\u00a7 38.2-3339)\n\nNo group life insurance policy, nor its proceeds, shall be liable to attachment,\ngarnishment, or other process, or to be seized, taken, appropriated, or applied\nby any legal or equitable process or operation of law, to pay any debt or\nliability of any person insured under the policy, or his beneficiary, or any\nother person who has a right under the policy, either before or after payment.\nIf the proceeds of a group life insurance policy are not made payable to a named\nbeneficiary, the proceeds shall not constitute a part of the insured\nperson&#8217;s estate for the payment of his debts.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 38-432; 1952, c. 317, \u00a7 38.1-482; 1986, c. 562."}