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Each license shall expire at midnight on the following June 30. Application for a license shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable application fee of $500.\n\nB\n\nThe Commission may refuse to issue or renew a license to a nonstock corporation if it is not satisfied that the financial condition, the method of operation, and the manner of doing business of the nonstock corporation enable it to meet its contractual obligations to all subscribers and that the nonstock corporation has otherwise complied with all the requirements of law.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1350444,"text":"No person shall deliver or issue for delivery in this Commonwealth a subscription contract without a license issued by the Commission. Each nonstock corporation shall apply for a license and furnish any relevant information the Commission requires. Each license shall expire at midnight on the following June 30. 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It has been modified 8 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 1956, chapter 268; in 1978, chapter 4; in 1979, chapter 721; in 1980, chapter 682; in 1986, chapter 562; in 1987, chapters 565 and 655; in 1988, chapter 185; in 1994, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?941+ful+CHAP0503\">503<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1443771,"object_type":"law","relational_id":362580,"identifier":"38.2-4222","token":"38.2\/42\/1\/38.2-4222","url":"\/38.2-4222\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/38.2-4222\/","token":"38.2\/42\/1\/38.2-4222","dublin_core":{"Title":"Licensing of nonstock corporations","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 38.2-4222","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> No <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> shall deliver or <span class=\"dictionary\">issue<\/span> for delivery in this Commonwealth a <span class=\"dictionary\">subscription contract<\/span> without a license issued by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span>. Each <span class=\"dictionary\">nonstock corporation<\/span> shall apply for a license and furnish any relevant information the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span> requires. Each license shall expire at midnight on the following June 30. Application for a license shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable application fee of $500. <a id=\"paragraph-1350444\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/38.2-4222\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> The <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span> may refuse to <span class=\"dictionary\">issue<\/span> or renew a license to a <span class=\"dictionary\">nonstock corporation<\/span> if it is not satisfied that the financial condition, the method of operation, and the manner of doing business of the <span class=\"dictionary\">nonstock corporation<\/span> enable it to meet its contractual obligations to all <span class=\"dictionary\">subscribers<\/span> and that the <span class=\"dictionary\">nonstock corporation<\/span> has otherwise complied with all the requirements of <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-1350445\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/38.2-4222\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLICENSING OF NONSTOCK CORPORATIONS (\u00a7 38.2-4222)\n\nA. No person shall deliver or issue for delivery in this Commonwealth a\nsubscription contract without a license issued by the Commission. Each nonstock\ncorporation shall apply for a license and furnish any relevant information the\nCommission requires. Each license shall expire at midnight on the following June\n30. Application for a license shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable\napplication fee of $500.\n\nB. The Commission may refuse to issue or renew a license to a nonstock\ncorporation if it is not satisfied that the financial condition, the method of\noperation, and the manner of doing business of the nonstock corporation enable\nit to meet its contractual obligations to all subscribers and that the nonstock\ncorporation has otherwise complied with all the requirements of law.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 32-195.11; 1956, c. 268, \u00a7 38.1-825; 1978, c. 4; 1979,\nc. 721; 1980, c. 682; 1986, c. 562; 1987, cc. 565, 655; 1988, c. 185; 1994, c.\n503.","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"}}