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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?951+ful+CHAP0789\">789<\/a> 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. It has been modified 3 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 2000, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?001+ful+CHAP0047\">47<\/a>; in 2012, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?121+ful+CHAP0156\">156<\/a>; in 2014, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?141+ful+CHAP0309\">309<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":362535,"section_number":"38.2-4123","catch_line":"Exemptions","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-4123\/"},{"id":362571,"section_number":"38.2-4214","catch_line":"Application of certain provisions of law","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-4214\/"},{"id":362621,"section_number":"38.2-4319","catch_line":"Statutory construction and relationship to other laws","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-4319\/"},{"id":362659,"section_number":"38.2-4509","catch_line":"Application of certain laws","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-4509\/"},{"id":362912,"section_number":"38.2-6103","catch_line":"Issuance of license; capital and surplus; impairment","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-6103\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":361123,"section_number":"38.2-1000","catch_line":"Incorporation of domestic stock insurers","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-1000\/"},{"id":361212,"section_number":"38.2-1100","catch_line":"Scope of chapter","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-1100\/"},{"id":361232,"section_number":"38.2-1200","catch_line":"Scope of chapter","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-1200\/"},{"id":361872,"section_number":"38.2-2500","catch_line":"Scope of chapter","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-2500\/"},{"id":362511,"section_number":"38.2-4100","catch_line":"Fraternal benefit societies","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-4100\/"},{"id":362553,"section_number":"38.2-4200","catch_line":"Applicability of chapter","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-4200\/"},{"id":362596,"section_number":"38.2-4300","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-4300\/"},{"id":362649,"section_number":"38.2-4500","catch_line":"Applicability of chapter","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-4500\/"},{"id":362909,"section_number":"38.2-6100","catch_line":"Applicability of chapter","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-6100\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1444851,"object_type":"law","relational_id":362841,"identifier":"38.2-5500","token":"38.2\/55\/38.2-5500","url":"\/38.2-5500\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/38.2-5500\/","token":"38.2\/55\/38.2-5500","dublin_core":{"Title":"Applicability","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 38.2-5500","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The provisions of this chapter shall be known as The <span class=\"dictionary\">Risk-Based Capital<\/span> Act and may be referred to herein as &#8220;the Act.&#8221; The Act shall apply to all <span class=\"dictionary\">persons<\/span> licensed in the Commonwealth to transact an <span class=\"dictionary\">insurance<\/span> business pursuant to provisions in Chapter 10 (\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Incorporation of domestic stock insurers\" href=\"\/38.2-1000\/\">38.2-1000<\/a> et seq.), 11 (\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Scope of chapter\" href=\"\/38.2-1100\/\">38.2-1100<\/a> et seq.), 12 (\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Scope of chapter\" href=\"\/38.2-1200\/\">38.2-1200<\/a> et seq.), 25 (\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Scope of chapter\" href=\"\/38.2-2500\/\">38.2-2500<\/a> et seq.), 41 (\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Fraternal benefit societies\" href=\"\/38.2-4100\/\">38.2-4100<\/a> et seq.), 42 (\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Applicability of chapter\" href=\"\/38.2-4200\/\">38.2-4200<\/a> et seq.), 43 (\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Definitions\" href=\"\/38.2-4300\/\">38.2-4300<\/a> et seq.), 45 (\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Applicability of chapter\" href=\"\/38.2-4500\/\">38.2-4500<\/a> et seq.), or 61 (\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Applicability of chapter\" href=\"\/38.2-6100\/\">38.2-6100<\/a> et seq.).<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAPPLICABILITY (\u00a7 38.2-5500)\n\nThe provisions of this chapter shall be known as The Risk-Based Capital Act and\nmay be referred to herein as &#8220;the Act.&#8221; The Act shall apply to all\npersons licensed in the Commonwealth to transact an insurance business pursuant\nto provisions in Chapter 10 (\u00a7 38.2-1000 et seq.), 11 (\u00a7 38.2-1100 et seq.),\n12 (\u00a7 38.2-1200 et seq.), 25 (\u00a7 38.2-2500 et seq.), 41 (\u00a7 38.2-4100 et seq.),\n42 (\u00a7 38.2-4200 et seq.), 43 (\u00a7 38.2-4300 et seq.), 45 (\u00a7 38.2-4500 et seq.),\nor 61 (\u00a7 38.2-6100 et seq.).\n\nHISTORY: 1995, c. 789; 2000, c. 47; 2012, c. 156; 2014, c. 309.","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"}}