CHAPTER 127

An Act to amend and reenact § 38.1-881.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating
to notices of cancellation of motor vehicle insurance policies.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

, That § 38.1-381.1 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted as
ollows:

§ 38.1-381.1. No written notice of cancellation sent by mail by an
insurer to an insured in accordance with the provisions of a motor vehicle
insurance policy shall be effective unless it is sent by registered or certified
mail or unless at the time of the mailing of said notice, the insurer has
obtained from the Post Office Department a written receipt showing the
name and address of the insured and the insurer has retained a duplicate
copy of said notice upon which is endorsed a certificate by the insurer that
the duplicate copy is a copy of the notice which was sent to the insured
in the mail for which said receipt was obtained. *

2. An emergency exists and this act is in force from its passage.