Okla. Stat. tit. 36, § 36-3608
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Application as evidence
Official statutory text
A. No application for the issuance of any life insurance policy
or contract shall be admissible in evidence in any action relative
to such policy or contract, unless a true copy of the application
was attached to or otherwise made a part of the policy when issued.
This provision shall not apply to industrial life insurance
policies.
B. If any policy of life insurance delivered in this state is
reinstated or renewed, and the insured or the beneficiary or
assignee of the policy makes written request to the insurer for a
copy of the application, if any, for such reinstatement or renewal,
the insurer shall, within thirty (30) days after receipt of such
request at its home office or at any of its branch offices, deliver
or mail to the person making such request a copy of such
application. If such copy is not so delivered or mailed after
having been so requested, the insurer shall be precluded from
introducing the application in evidence in any action or proceeding
based upon or involving the policy or its reinstatement or renewal.
In the case of such a request from a beneficiary or assignee, the
time within which the insurer is required to furnish a copy of such
application shall not begin to run until after receipt of evidence
satisfactory to the insurer of the beneficiary's or assignee's
vested interest in the policy or contract.
C. As to kinds of insurance other than life insurance, no
application for insurance signed by or on behalf of the insured
shall be admissible in evidence in any action between the insured
and the insurer arising out of the policy so applied for, if the
insurer has failed, at expiration of thirty (30) days after receipt
by the insurer of written demand therefor by or on behalf of the
insured, to furnish to the insured a copy of such application
reproduced by any legible means.
or contract shall be admissible in evidence in any action relative
to such policy or contract, unless a true copy of the application
was attached to or otherwise made a part of the policy when issued.
This provision shall not apply to industrial life insurance
policies.
B. If any policy of life insurance delivered in this state is
reinstated or renewed, and the insured or the beneficiary or
assignee of the policy makes written request to the insurer for a
copy of the application, if any, for such reinstatement or renewal,
the insurer shall, within thirty (30) days after receipt of such
request at its home office or at any of its branch offices, deliver
or mail to the person making such request a copy of such
application. If such copy is not so delivered or mailed after
having been so requested, the insurer shall be precluded from
introducing the application in evidence in any action or proceeding
based upon or involving the policy or its reinstatement or renewal.
In the case of such a request from a beneficiary or assignee, the
time within which the insurer is required to furnish a copy of such
application shall not begin to run until after receipt of evidence
satisfactory to the insurer of the beneficiary's or assignee's
vested interest in the policy or contract.
C. As to kinds of insurance other than life insurance, no
application for insurance signed by or on behalf of the insured
shall be admissible in evidence in any action between the insured
and the insurer arising out of the policy so applied for, if the
insurer has failed, at expiration of thirty (30) days after receipt
by the insurer of written demand therefor by or on behalf of the
insured, to furnish to the insured a copy of such application
reproduced by any legible means.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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