Code of Alabama - Title 27: Insurance - Section 27-16-5 - Policy provisions - Entire contract; representations

Section 27-16-5 - Policy provisions - Entire contract; representations.

There shall be a provision that the policy shall constitute the entire contract between the parties or, if a copy of the application is endorsed upon or attached to the policy when issued, a provision that the policy and the application therefor shall constitute the entire contract. If the application is so made a part of the contract, the policy shall also provide that all statements made by the applicant in such application shall, in the absence of fraud, be deemed to be representations and not warranties.

(1935, No. 152, p. 194; Code 1940, T. 28, §6; Acts 1971, No. 407, p. 707, §379.)

Last modified: May 3, 2021