Texas Insurance Code
§ 542.131 — REQUEST BY CERTAIN OFFICIALS ENGAGED IN CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION
IN § 542.131Title 5. PROTECTION OF CONSUMER INTERESTS · Part C. DECEPTIVE, UNFAIR, AND PROHIBITED PRACTICES · Ch. 542. PROCESSING AND SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS · Art. C-1. REQUEST FOR CLAIMS INFORMATION BY CERTAIN OFFICIALS
Statute text
View on source(a)This section applies only to a claim for a burglary or robbery loss or a death claim seeking life insurance proceeds that is filed with an insurance company on or after September 1, 2001.
(b)In the course of a criminal investigation and subject to Subsection (c), the state fire marshal, the fire marshal of a political subdivision of this state, the chief of a fire department in this state, a chief of police of a municipality in this state, or a sheriff in this state may request in writing that an insurance company investigating a claimed burglary or robbery loss or a death claim seeking life insurance proceeds release information in the company's possession that relates to that claimed loss. The company shall release the information to any official authorized to request the information under this subsection if the company has reason to believe that the insurance claim is false or fraudulent.
(c)An official who requests information under this section may not request anything other than:
(1)an insurance policy relevant to an insurance claim under investigation and the application for that policy;
(2)policy premium payment records;
(3)the history of the insured's previous claims; and
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 730 (H.B. 2636), Sec. 1D.001, eff. April 1, 2009.