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DIVISION 1. GENERAL RULES GOVERNING INSURANCE 100-1879.8›PART 1. THE CONTRACT 100-679.74›CHAPTER 3. Negotiations Before Execution 330-361›ARTICLE 1. Concealment 330-339

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California Insurance Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

Materiality is to be determined not by the event, but solely by the probable and reasonable influence of the facts upon the party to whom the communication is due, in forming his estimate of the disadvantages of the proposed contract, or in making his inquiries.

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

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