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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>361240</law_id><section_number>38.2-1208</section_number><catch_line>Additional requirements, foreign and alien reciprocals</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="88" identifier="38.2">Insurance</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="12" identifier="12">Reciprocal Insurance</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>No foreign reciprocal shall be licensed to transact the business of <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> in this Commonwealth unless it has filed with the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> a certificate of the supervising <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> official of the <span class="dictionary">state</span> in which it is organized. The certificate shall show that the foreign reciprocal is licensed to write and is writing actively in that <span class="dictionary">state</span> or an affiliate of the foreign reciprocal is licensed to write and is writing actively in its <span class="dictionary">state</span> of domicile or at least two other <span class="dictionary">states</span> the class of <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> it proposes to write in this Commonwealth. No alien reciprocal shall be licensed to transact the business of <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> until it has filed with the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> a certificate of the supervising <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> official of (i) the <span class="dictionary">state</span> through which it entered the United <span class="dictionary">States</span> or (ii) the alien reciprocal&#x2019;s domiciliary country. The certificate shall show that the alien reciprocal is licensed to write and is writing actively in that <span class="dictionary">state</span> or country the class of <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> it proposes to write in this Commonwealth.</p></section></text><history>1952, c. 317, &#xA7; 38.1-696; 1986, c. 562; 2017, c. 655.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
