Ins. Code, § 10172 · Article 4. Payment and Proceeds
Ins. Code, § 10172
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Notwithstanding Sections 751 and 1100 of the Family Code and Section 249.5 of the Probate Code, when the proceeds of, or payments under, a life insurance policy become payable and the insurer makes payment thereof in accordance with the terms of the policy, or in accordance with the terms of any written assignment thereof if the policy has been assigned, that payment shall fully discharge the insurer from all claims under the policy unless, before that payment is made, the insurer has received, at its home office, written notice by or on behalf of some other person that the other person claims to be entitled to that payment or some interest in the policy.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 775, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2005.
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Cited by 4 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Ins. Code, § 10172. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Insurance Code
- Ins. Code, § 1282Printed as Sections 10170, 10171, 10172, and 10173
- Ins. Code, § 10174Printed as Sections 10172, 10172.5, and 10173
- Ins. Code, § 10175Printed as Sections 10172, 10173 or 10174
- Ins. Code, § 10970Printed as Sections 880, 881, 10112, 10114, 10117, 10118, 10119, 10120, 10171, 10172, and 10191
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