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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>365748</law_id><section_number>46.2-479</section_number><catch_line>Provisions to which every policy shall be subject but need not contain</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="101" identifier="46.2">Motor Vehicles</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="2" identifier="II">Titling, Registration and Licensure</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="3">Licensure of Drivers</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="16" identifier="17">Motor Vehicle Liability Insurance Policies</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Every policy shall be subject to the following provisions which need not be contained therein:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The liability of any insurance carrier to the <span class="dictionary">insured</span> under a policy becomes absolute when loss or damage covered by the policy occurs and the satisfaction by the <span class="dictionary">insured</span> of a <span class="dictionary">judgment</span> for the loss or damage shall not be a condition <span class="dictionary">precedent</span> to the right or duty of the carrier to make payment on account of the loss or damage; <a id="paragraph-1362662" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-479/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> No policy shall be cancelled or annulled, as respects any loss or damage, by any agreement between the carrier and the <span class="dictionary">insured</span> after the <span class="dictionary">insured</span> has become responsible for the loss or damage and any attempted <span class="dictionary">cancellation</span> or <span class="dictionary">annulment</span> shall be void; <a id="paragraph-1362663" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-479/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> If the death of the <span class="dictionary">insured</span> occurs after the <span class="dictionary">insured</span> has become liable, during the policy period, for loss or damage covered by the policy, the policy shall not be terminated by the death with respect to the liability and the insurance carrier shall be liable hereunder as though death had not occurred; <a id="paragraph-1362664" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-479/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> On the recovery of a judgment against any person for loss or damage, if the person or the decedent he represents was at the accrual of the <span class="dictionary">cause of action</span> <span class="dictionary">insured</span> against the liability under the policy, the <span class="dictionary">judgment creditor</span> shall be entitled to have the insurance money applied to the satisfaction of the judgment; <a id="paragraph-1362665" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-479/#4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="5"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> If the death, insolvency, or <span class="dictionary">bankruptcy</span> of the <span class="dictionary">insured</span> occurs within the policy period, the policy during the unexpired portion of the period shall cover the legal representatives of the <span class="dictionary">insured</span>; and <a id="paragraph-1362666" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-479/#5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="6"><p><span class="prefix-number">6.</span> No statement made by the <span class="dictionary">insured</span> or on his behalf and no violation of the terms of the policy shall operate to defeat or avoid the policy so as to bar recovery within the limits provided in this chapter. <a id="paragraph-1362667" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-479/#6"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 46-498; 1958, c. 541, &#xA7; 46.1-511; 1989, c. 727.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
