Ins. Code, § 10248 · Chapter 3. Burial Contracts
Ins. Code, § 10248
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) Except as permitted in Section 10247, no funeral insurance contract issued or delivered in this state upon the life of any person in this state shall contain any provision scaling down or reducing the benefits payable below the face amount of the policy. The provisions of this section, however, shall not apply to a reduction of the benefit payable because of a misstatement of the age in the policy or application therefor, nor to the suicide, military or naval service or war provisions of the policy, if any, nor to contestability of the policy, nor to a policy issued on the life of a juvenile.
(b) If a limited death benefit insurance contract is issued under Section 10247, the limited death benefit period shall not exceed two years.
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History
Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 340, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.
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