{"data":{"id":"us-la/rs-40-1424","jurisdiction":"us-la","citation":"RS 40:1424","heading":"Reporting suspected fraud","body":"A. If any person or any insurer, any employee thereof, or any insurance professional has knowledge of or has reason to believe that a violation of R.S. 22:1923, 1924, or 1925 will be, is being, or has been committed, that person shall notify the section of insurance fraud in the Department of Insurance, in accordance with R.S. 22:1926.\nB. All applications for insurance and all claim forms provided and required by an insurer or required by law as a condition of payment of a claim shall contain a statement, permanently affixed to or included as a part of the application or claim form, that clearly states in substance the following:\n\"Any person who knowingly presents a false or fraudulent claim for payment of a loss or benefit or knowingly presents false information in an application for insurance is guilty of a crime and may be subject to fines and confinement in prison.\"\nC. The lack of the statement required by Subsection B of this Section shall not constitute a defense in any criminal prosecution. The statement shall not be required to appear on applications and forms relating to reinsurance.","path":["TITLE 40. PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=97484","current_through":"2025 First Extraordinary Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:01:04Z","sha256":"b3044c443ed1a12161a062d3c74dd0c044ffd19e1a254d9d6d3b52b304d054df","source_id":"us-la","stale":false,"prev":"us-la/rs-40-1423","next":"us-la/rs-40-1425"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}