Ins. Code, § 10509.941 · Article 12. Unclaimed Life Insurance and Annuities Act

Ins. Code, § 10509.941

Verbatim from the official edition

Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)

The purpose of this article is to provide standards for:

(a) Identifying a deceased individual whose death may require an insurer to pay benefits or proceeds to beneficiaries in accordance with the terms of a life insurance policy, annuity contract, or retained asset account.

(b) Locating beneficiaries of a deceased individual and providing appropriate claims forms or instructions to the beneficiaries to make a claim.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 286, Sec. 1. (SB 740) Effective January 1, 2020.

Source of truth

Edition: As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Official file: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=INS&sectionNum=10509.941.
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