Insurance Code section 551

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.

Source: Section 551, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=INS§ionNum=551. (updated Jan. 1, 1935; accessed Jul. 20, 2026).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/insurance_code_section_551

Original Source: Section 551, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=INS§ionNum=551. (last accessed May 12, 2025).