Tex. Insurance Code § 707.004
This is the official text of Tex. Insurance Code § 707.004, part of Texas’s Insurance Code — regulates insurance companies and the policies they sell.
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§ 707.004. REASONABLE PROOF OF PAYMENT.
Official statutory text
An insurer that issues a property insurance policy with replacement cost coverage may refuse to pay a claim for withheld recoverable depreciation or a replacement cost holdback under the policy until the insurer receives reasonable proof of payment by the policyholder of any deductible applicable to the claim. Reasonable proof of payment includes a canceled check, money order receipt, credit card statement, or copy of an executed installment plan contract or other financing arrangement that requires full payment of the deductible over time.
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