Virginia § 38.2-2213.1 - Certain action prohibited when motor vehicle owner fails to allow access to recorded data from recording device
Full text of Virginia Code of Virginia § 38.2-2213.1 — Certain action prohibited when motor vehicle owner fails to allow access to recorded data from recording device, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 38.2-2213.1. Certain action prohibited when motor vehicle owner fails to allow access to recorded data from recording device
No insurer or agent shall reduce coverage, increase the insured's premium, apply a surcharge, refuse to apply a discount other than a discount that is based on data recorded by a recording device as defined in § 46.2-1088.6, place in a less favorable tier, refuse to place in the company's best tier, or when there are multiple companies available within a group of insurers, fail to place in the most favorably priced company solely because a motor vehicle owner refuses to allow an insurer access to recorded data as defined in § 46.2-1088.6 from a recording device as defined in § 46.2-1088.6. However, nothing in this section shall prohibit an insurer from charging an actuarially sound rate in accordance with subdivision A 3 of § 38.2-1904.
Source: official Virginia text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 38.2-2213.1 ("Certain action prohibited when motor vehicle owner fails to allow access to recorded data from recording device") is part of the Code of Virginia, the codified statutory law of Virginia. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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