CHAPTER 597

AN ACT to amend and reenact §§ 38.1-64 and 38.1-65, as amended, of the
Code of Virginia as to agents for and service of process on unauthor-
ized insurers.

[S 244]

Approved March 29, 1958

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That §§ 38.1-64 and 38.1-65, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, be
amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 38.1-64. Any of the following acts in this State, hereafter effected
by mail or otherwise, by a foreign or alien insurance company not author-
ized to do business in this State, namely: (1) The issuance or delivery of
contracts of insurance to residents of this State or to corporations au-
thorized to do business therein, (2) the solicitation of applications for such
contracts, (3) the collection of premiums, membership fees, assessments
or other considerations for such contracts, or (4) the transactions of any
other insurance business in connection with such contracts, is equivalent
to and shall constitute an appointment by such company of the clerk of the
Commission as its agent for the service of process in accordance with § *
18.1-119 of this Code.

§ 38.1-65. Service of process or notice upon any such foreign or alien
insurance company in any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or in
connection with such business in this State shall be made in the manner
prescribed in § * 13.1-119.