Cal. INS § 1872.45
This is the official text of Cal. INS § 1872.45, part of California’s Insurance Code — regulates insurance companies and the insurance policies sold in California.
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Official statutory text
A district attorney who files a criminal complaint pursuant to Section 549 or 550 of the Penal Code shall promptly do all of the following:
(a) Notify each insurer affected by the acts that are the subject of the criminal complaint of the existence of the complaint and the names of all persons insured by the insurer who are the victims.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, when an insurer receives notification pursuant to subdivision (a), and the insurer has increased the premiums of a person who is a victim because of a claim that is the subject of the criminal complaint, the insurer shall promptly rebate to that person the increased premiums that were charged to and paid by that person.
(c) Notify the Department of Motor Vehicles of the criminal complaint and the names of all persons who are the victims.
(d) Notify all the persons who are the victims in simple understandable language that a criminal complaint has been filed and that subdivision (b) of Section 1806 of the Vehicle Code requires the Department of Motor Vehicles not to record the accident on the record of the victim.
(a) Notify each insurer affected by the acts that are the subject of the criminal complaint of the existence of the complaint and the names of all persons insured by the insurer who are the victims.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, when an insurer receives notification pursuant to subdivision (a), and the insurer has increased the premiums of a person who is a victim because of a claim that is the subject of the criminal complaint, the insurer shall promptly rebate to that person the increased premiums that were charged to and paid by that person.
(c) Notify the Department of Motor Vehicles of the criminal complaint and the names of all persons who are the victims.
(d) Notify all the persons who are the victims in simple understandable language that a criminal complaint has been filed and that subdivision (b) of Section 1806 of the Vehicle Code requires the Department of Motor Vehicles not to record the accident on the record of the victim.
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