Okla. Stat. tit. 36, § 36-4407
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Application
Official statutory text
A. The insured shall not be bound by any statement made in an
application for a policy unless a copy of such application is
attached to or endorsed on the policy when issued as a part thereof.
If any such policy delivered or issued for delivery to any person in
this state shall be reinstated or renewed, and the insured or the
beneficiary or assignee of such policy shall make written request to
the insurer for a copy of the application, if any, for such
reinstatement or renewal, the insurer shall, within fifteen (15)
days after the receipt of such request at its home office or any
branch office of the insurer, deliver or mail to the person making
such request a copy of such application. If such copy shall not be
so delivered or mailed, the insurer shall be precluded from
introducing such application as evidence in any action or proceeding
based upon or involving such policy or its reinstatement or renewal.
B. No alteration of any written application for any such policy
shall be made by any person other than the applicant without his
written consent, except that insertions may be made by the insurer,
for administrative purposes only, in such manner as to indicate
clearly that such insertions are not to be ascribed to the
applicant.
C. The falsity of any statement in the application for any
policy covered by this article may not bar the right to recovery
thereunder unless such false statement materially affected either
the acceptance of the risk or the hazard assumed by the insurer.
application for a policy unless a copy of such application is
attached to or endorsed on the policy when issued as a part thereof.
If any such policy delivered or issued for delivery to any person in
this state shall be reinstated or renewed, and the insured or the
beneficiary or assignee of such policy shall make written request to
the insurer for a copy of the application, if any, for such
reinstatement or renewal, the insurer shall, within fifteen (15)
days after the receipt of such request at its home office or any
branch office of the insurer, deliver or mail to the person making
such request a copy of such application. If such copy shall not be
so delivered or mailed, the insurer shall be precluded from
introducing such application as evidence in any action or proceeding
based upon or involving such policy or its reinstatement or renewal.
B. No alteration of any written application for any such policy
shall be made by any person other than the applicant without his
written consent, except that insertions may be made by the insurer,
for administrative purposes only, in such manner as to indicate
clearly that such insertions are not to be ascribed to the
applicant.
C. The falsity of any statement in the application for any
policy covered by this article may not bar the right to recovery
thereunder unless such false statement materially affected either
the acceptance of the risk or the hazard assumed by the insurer.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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