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This law was first created in 1968. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 559 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1968 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1985, chapter 401; in 1986, chapter 562.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1441069,"object_type":"law","relational_id":361932,"identifier":"38.2-2711","token":"38.2\/27\/38.2-2711","url":"\/38.2-2711\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/38.2-2711\/","token":"38.2\/27\/38.2-2711","dublin_core":{"Title":"Immunity from liability; reports, etc., not public documents","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 38.2-2711","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> There shall be no liability on the part of, and no cause of action<\/span> shall arise against any insurer<\/span>, any inspection service<\/span>, the residual market facility<\/span>, the joint underwriting association, or their directors, governing committee members, officers, agents or employees, or the Commission<\/span> or its authorized representatives, for any action taken by them in good faith in the performance of their powers and duties under this chapter, nor for any inspections undertaken or statements made by them (i) in any reports and communications concerning the property insured or to be insured, (ii) at the time of the hearings<\/span> conducted in connection with the property insured or to be insured, or (iii) in the findings<\/span> required by this chapter. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The reports and communications of an inspection bureau<\/span> service, the residual market facility<\/span>, and the joint underwriting association shall not be public documents. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nIMMUNITY FROM LIABILITY; REPORTS, ETC., NOT PUBLIC DOCUMENTS (\u00a7 38.2-2711)\n\nA. There shall be no liability on the part of, and no cause of action shall\narise against any insurer, any inspection service, the residual market facility,\nthe joint underwriting association, or their directors, governing committee\nmembers, officers, agents or employees, or the Commission or its authorized\nrepresentatives, for any action taken by them in good faith in the performance\nof their powers and duties under this chapter, nor for any inspections\nundertaken or statements made by them (i) in any reports and communications\nconcerning the property insured or to be insured, (ii) at the time of the\nhearings conducted in connection with the property insured or to be insured, or\n(iii) in the findings required by this chapter.\n\nB. The reports and communications of an inspection bureau service, the residual\nmarket facility, and the joint underwriting association shall not be public\ndocuments.\n\nHISTORY: 1968, c. 559, \u00a7 38.1-753; 1985, c. 401; 1986, c. 562.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}