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DIVISION 2. CLASSES OF INSURANCE 1880-12880.5›PART 1. FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE 1880-10108.1›CHAPTER 1. The Marine Contract 1880-2010›ARTICLE 5. Loss in Marine Insurance 1960-1997

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California Insurance Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

Whenever a marine insurer pays for a loss as if it were an actual total loss, he is entitled to whatever remains of the subject matter insured, or its proceeds or salvage, to the same extent as in the case of a formal abandonment.

(Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 145.)

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