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§ 38.2-1808 All agreements to be expressed in contract

No agent shall make any contract of insurance or agreement with respect to the insurance that is not plainly expressed in the policy or contract issued.

History

The record of this law’s original creation isn’t available online. The oldest record of it is its appearance in the Code of Virginia of 1950, as § 38.1-294. It has been modified 4 times. Those modifications are cataloged by “The Acts of Assembly,” a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly’s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1952, chapter 317; in 1979, chapter 513; in 1986, chapter 562; in 1987, chapter 521.

Code 1950, § 38.1-294; 1952, c. 317; 1979, c. 513, § 38.1-327.8; 1986, c. 562; 1987, c. 521.

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