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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>362350</law_id><section_number>38.2-3528</section_number><catch_line>Incontestability</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="35" identifier="35">Accident and Sickness Insurance Policies</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="3" identifier="3">Group Accident and Sickness Insurance Policies</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Each group accident and sickness <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> policy shall contain a provision that the validity of the policy shall not be contested, except for nonpayment of premiums, after it has been in force for two years from its date of <span class="dictionary">issue</span>. <a id="paragraph-1349592" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-3528/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The provision shall also <span class="dictionary">state</span> that no statement made by any <span class="dictionary">person</span> insured under the policy relating to his insurability or the insurability of his insured dependents shall be used in contesting the validity of the <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> with respect to which such statement was made: <a id="paragraph-1349593" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-3528/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> After the <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> has been in force prior to the contest for a period of two years during the lifetime of the <span class="dictionary">person</span> about whom the statement was made; and <a id="paragraph-1349594" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-3528/#B1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Unless the statement is contained in a written instrument signed by him. <a id="paragraph-1349595" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-3528/#B2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> This provision shall not preclude the assertion at any time of defenses based on the <span class="dictionary">person</span>&#x2019;s ineligibility for coverage under the policy or upon other provisions in the policy. <a id="paragraph-1349596" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-3528/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1986, c. 562.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
