California Insurance Code ARTICLE 5 - Arson Investigations

• Section 1875.
  As used in this chapter:(a) “Authorized agency” means any of the following officers or agencies, or their duly authorized representatives, when investigating or prosecuting arson in...
• Section 1875.1.
  An authorized agency may, when there is evidence or suspicion that the crime of arson has been committed, request any insurer to release all information...
• Section 1875.2.
  If any insurer has reason to suspect that a fire loss was caused by incendiary means, the insurer shall furnish an authorized agency with all...
• Section 1875.3.
  An authorized agency shall notify the insurer, if known, and at the expense of the insurer, whenever it has reason to believe that a fire...
• Section 1875.4.
  In the absence of fraud or malice, no insurer or person acting in its behalf who (a) furnishes information whether oral or written, pursuant to...
• Section 1875.5.
  In any case in which an insurer willfully fails to comply with this article, the authorized agency may petition the superior court in an appropriate...
• Section 1875.6.
  Any authorized agency that receives any information furnished as required by this article shall not make the information public until the time that its release...
• Section 1875.8.
  (a) There is hereby created the Arson Information Reporting System to permit insurers, law enforcement agencies, fire investigative agencies, and district attorneys to deposit arson case...

Last modified: October 22, 2018