DIVISION 1. GENERAL RULES GOVERNING INSURANCE 100-1879.8›PART 1. THE CONTRACT 100-679.74›CHAPTER 6. Loss 520-580›ARTICLE 3. Notice and Proofs of Loss 550-557.5
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California Insurance Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California
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.
(Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 145.)
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