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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>362073</law_id><section_number>38.2-3305</section_number><catch_line>Incontestability</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><referred_to_by><reference>38.2-5209</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="88" identifier="38.2">Insurance</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="33" identifier="33">Life Insurance Policies</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">Life Insurance Policies; Annuities</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Each individual life <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> policy shall contain a provision that the policy shall be incontestable after it has been in force during the lifetime of the insured for two years from its date of <span class="dictionary">issue</span> except for nonpayment of premiums. <a id="paragraph-1348001" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-3305/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Provisions relating to benefits in event of disability, and provisions granting additional <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> specifically against death by accident or accidental means, may be excepted in the incontestability provision. <a id="paragraph-1348002" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-3305/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 38-371(3); 1950, p. 179; 1952, c. 317, &#xA7; 38.1-394; 1986, c. 562.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
