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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 14. Insurance
Agency 5. State Corporation Commission, Bureau of Insurance
Chapter 341. Rules Governing Standards for the Content of Dwelling Property Insurance Policies
11/5/2024

14VAC5-341-50. Optional coverage for household and personal property.

A. Insurers may offer coverage for household and personal property. If offered:

1. Insurers shall provide coverage for household and personal property on the residence premises that is owned or used by an insured.

2. At the request of the named insured at the time of loss, insurers shall provide coverage for household and personal property owned by a:

a. Guest while the property is on the residence premises or

b. Residence employee while the property is on the residence premises.

B. Insurers shall provide coverage for the insured's property (i) on the residence premises during an occasional rental or (ii) on the part of the residence premises occupied by roomers, boarders, or tenants.

C. Insurers shall provide coverage for household and personal property while it is being moved to the insured's new principal residence within the United States. Insurers shall provide coverage for property while it is being moved for 30 days from the date that moving the property begins. The household and personal property limit of liability applies to property being moved to another location. If the move began during the policy term, coverage may not be limited by the expiration of the policy.

D. Insurers shall provide coverage for the following types of household and personal property at limits of at least the following:

1. $500 total per loss on cemetery property on or off the residence premises including monuments, headstones, grave markers, and urns.

2. $100 total per loss on coin collections, medals, gold, platinum, and silver, except goldware and gold-plated ware shall not be deemed to be gold and silverware and silver-plated ware shall not be deemed to be silver.

3. $500 total per loss on passports, tickets, or stamp collections.

4. $1,000 total per loss on watercraft, trailers used with watercraft, and watercraft furnishings, equipment, and outboard motors. This limit does not apply to rowboats or canoes.

5. $500 on trailers, semi-trailers, and campers not otherwise covered in this chapter.

Statutory Authority

§§ 12.1-13, 38.2-223, and 38.2-2108 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from Virginia Register Volume 38, Issue 11, eff. January 1, 2022.

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