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.
Cal. Ins. Code § 551
Notice and Proofs of Loss
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 32 Cal. 2d 233 - Abrams v. American Fidelity & Casualty Co. (1948)
Most recently applied in 32 Cal. 2d 233 - Abrams v. American Fidelity & Casualty Co. (July 1948)
Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 145.
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