Insurance Code section 989

Any person who does any of the following is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by not more than one year in county jail:

(a)

Conceals any property belonging to an insurer.

(b)

Transfers or conceals in contemplation of a state insolvency proceeding his or her own property or property belonging to an insurer.

(c)

Conceals, destroys, mutilates, alters or makes a false entry in any document which affects or relates to the property of an insurer or withholds any such document from a receiver, trustee or other officer of a court entitled to its possession.

Source: Section 989, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=INS§ionNum=989.­ (updated Jan. 1, 1990; accessed Jun. 9, 2025).

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