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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Insurance Code § 705.003: POLICY PROVISION: MISREPRESENTATION IN PROOF OF LOSS OR DEATH.

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  1. INSURANCE CODE
  2. TITLE 5. PROTECTION OF CONSUMER INTERESTS
  3. SUBTITLE F. INSURANCE FRAUD AND IDENTITY THEFT
  4. CHAPTER 705. MISREPRESENTATIONS BY POLICYHOLDERS
  5. SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

(a) An insurance policy provision that states that a misrepresentation, including a false statement, made in a proof of loss or death makes the policy void or voidable:

(1) has no effect; and

(2) is not a defense in a suit brought on the policy.

(b) Subsection (a) does not apply if it is shown at trial that the misrepresentation:

(1) was fraudulently made;

(2) misrepresented a fact material to the question of the insurer's liability under the policy; and

(3) misled the insurer and caused the insurer to waive or lose a valid defense to the policy.

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 2, eff. April 1, 2005.

Collected 2026-08-27T01:47:21Z. Source file · JSON

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