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§ 38.2-3814 Contracts in writing; fees

All contracts of any company for insurance or other benefits shall be in writing. No company or any of its officers or agents shall include in the sum charged a member, any fee, compensation, or other charge. However, a local medical examiner’s fee and a policy fee on accident and sickness contracts may be charged.

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 § 38-484. It has been modified 2 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 1986, chapter 562.

Code 1950, § 38-484; 1952, c. 317, § 38.1-514; 1986, c. 562.

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