N.Y. Insurance Law § 318: Reports of fire losses; availability of information

§ 318. Reports of fire losses; availability of information. (a)

Insurers shall report all fire losses in excess of five hundred dollars

or such larger amount as prescribed by the superintendent, arising under

policies covering property located in this state to a central

organization engaged in property loss registration, as designated by the

superintendent, in accordance with regulations promulgated by the

superintendent.

(b) The information contained in such reports shall, in accordance

with such regulations, be available to law enforcement agencies, to tax

districts which have, pursuant to the provisions of section twenty-two

of the general municipal law, filed with the superintendent a notice of

intention to claim against the proceeds of a policy of fire insurance,

to the office of fire prevention and control and to appropriate

governmental agencies charged with the responsibility for demolition of

structures.