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INS § 531

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Where this section sits in the code
  1. Insurance Code - INS
  2. DIVISION 1. GENERAL RULES GOVERNING INSURANCE [100. - 1879.8.]
  3. PART 1. THE CONTRACT [100. - 679.75.]
  4. CHAPTER 6. Loss [520. - 580.]
  5. ARTICLE 2. Causes of Loss [530. - 533.7.]

An insurer is liable:

(a) Where the thing insured is rescued from a peril insured against, and which would otherwise have caused a loss, if, in the course of such rescue, the thing is exposed to a peril not insured against, and which permanently deprives the insured of its possession, in whole or in part.

(b) If a loss is caused by efforts to rescue the thing insured from a peril insured against.

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