By any contract of insurance of property or of any insurable interest therein, the insurer may in connection with a special provision or endorsement made a part of the policy insure the cost of repair or replacement of such property, if damaged or destroyed by a hazard insured against, and without deduction of depreciation, subject to such reasonable rules and regulations as may be made by the commissioner.
RCW 48.27.020
Replacement insurance.
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case 122 Wash. 2d 180 - Hess v. North Pacific Insurance (1993)
Most recently applied in 125 Wash. App. 938 - Wetmore v. Unigard Insurance (February 2005)
1951 c 194 s 1; 1947 c 79 s .27.02; formerly Rem
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