CODE OF VIRGINIA

WHAT CONSTITUTES APPOINTMENT OF AGENT FOR SERVICE OF PROCESS (§ 38.2-801)

A. The clerk of the Commission shall be deemed to be appointed by any insurer
unlicensed in this Commonwealth as its agent for the service of process in
accordance with § 13.1-758 if any of the following acts are effected by mail or
otherwise in this Commonwealth:

   1.  The issuance or delivery of insurance contracts to residents of this
   Commonwealth or to corporations authorized to do business in this
   Commonwealth;

   2.  The solicitation of applications for these insurance contracts;

   3.  The collection of premiums, membership fees, assessments or other
   considerations for these insurance contracts; or

   4.  The transaction of any other insurance business in connection with these
   insurance contracts.

HISTORY: 1952, c. 317, § 38.1-64; 1956, c. 431; 1958, c. 597; 1986, c. 562.