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This law was first created in 1998. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 590<\/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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1464581,"object_type":"law","relational_id":367455,"identifier":"52-42","token":"52\/9\/52-42","url":"\/52-42\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/52-42\/","token":"52\/9\/52-42","dublin_core":{"Title":"Reward fund","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 52-42","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Department, in cooperation with authorized insurers<\/span> and insurance professionals<\/span>, may establish and operate a fund to offer monetary rewards for information sufficient to procure conviction<\/span> in a court<\/span> of appropriate jurisdiction<\/span> of a person or persons responsible for insurance fraud<\/span>. No law<\/span>-enforcement officer, employee of the Commission<\/span>, employee of an insurance company or any insurance professional<\/span> shall be eligible to receive such reward.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREWARD FUND (\u00a7 52-42)\n\nThe Department, in cooperation with authorized insurers and insurance\nprofessionals, may establish and operate a fund to offer monetary rewards for\ninformation sufficient to procure conviction in a court of appropriate\njurisdiction of a person or persons responsible for insurance fraud. No\nlaw-enforcement officer, employee of the Commission, employee of an insurance\ncompany or any insurance professional shall be eligible to receive such reward.\n\nHISTORY: 1998, c. 590.","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"}}