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Filings made by rate service organizations shall meet the requirements of \u00a7 38.2-2003. No insurer shall be required to become a member of or a subscriber to any rate service organization.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1346731,"text":"An insurer may satisfy its obligation to make the rate filings required in \u00a7 38.2-2003 by becoming a member of or a subscriber to a rate service organization that makes such filings and that is licensed pursuant to \u00a7 38.2-1914, and by authorizing the Commission to accept the filings on its behalf. Filings made by rate service organizations shall meet the requirements of \u00a7 38.2-2003. 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It has been modified 4 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 1952, chapter 317; in 1972, chapter 836; in 1973, chapter 504; in 1986, chapter 562.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":361680,"section_number":"38.2-1914","catch_line":"Licensing of rate service organizations","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-1914\/"},{"id":361705,"section_number":"38.2-2003","catch_line":"Rate filings by insurer; supporting information","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-2003\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1440305,"object_type":"law","relational_id":361706,"identifier":"38.2-2004","token":"38.2\/20\/2\/38.2-2004","url":"\/38.2-2004\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/38.2-2004\/","token":"38.2\/20\/2\/38.2-2004","dublin_core":{"Title":"Filings by rate service organization","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 38.2-2004","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>An <span class=\"dictionary\">insurer<\/span> may satisfy its obligation to make the rate filings required in \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Rate filings by insurer; supporting information\" href=\"\/38.2-2003\/\">38.2-2003<\/a> by becoming a member of or a subscriber to a <span class=\"dictionary\">rate service organization<\/span> that makes such filings and that is licensed pursuant to \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Licensing of rate service organizations\" href=\"\/38.2-1914\/\">38.2-1914<\/a>, and by authorizing the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span> to accept the filings on its behalf. Filings made by <span class=\"dictionary\">rate service organizations<\/span> shall meet the requirements of \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Rate filings by insurer; supporting information\" href=\"\/38.2-2003\/\">38.2-2003<\/a>. No <span class=\"dictionary\">insurer<\/span> shall be required to become a member of or a subscriber to any <span class=\"dictionary\">rate service organization<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nFILINGS BY RATE SERVICE ORGANIZATION (\u00a7 38.2-2004)\n\nAn insurer may satisfy its obligation to make the rate filings required in \u00a7\n38.2-2003 by becoming a member of or a subscriber to a rate service organization\nthat makes such filings and that is licensed pursuant to \u00a7 38.2-1914, and by\nauthorizing the Commission to accept the filings on its behalf. Filings made by\nrate service organizations shall meet the requirements of \u00a7 38.2-2003. No\ninsurer shall be required to become a member of or a subscriber to any rate\nservice organization.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7\u00a7 38-253.27, 38-253.73; 1952, c. 317, \u00a7 38.1-242; 1972,\nc. 836; 1973, c. 504; 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"}}