Ins. Code, § 551 · Article 3. Notice and Proofs of Loss
Ins. Code, § 551
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Except in the case of life, marine, or fire insurance, notice of an accident, injury, or death may be given at any time within twenty days after the event, to the insurer under a policy against loss therefrom. In such a policy, no requirement of notice within a lesser period shall be valid.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 145.
Source of truth
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- Official file
- https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=INS§ionNum=551.
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