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urn: urn:us-la:rs:40:1424
citation: "R.S. 40:1424"
status: active
breadcrumb: "Title 40 › Chapter 6 › Part III › Subpart B"
acts_citations:
  - { year: 1999, number: 1312, section: 4, effective_date: 2000-01-01, role: enactment }
  - { year: 2001, number: 598, section: 2, effective_date: null, role: amendment }
  - { year: 2008, number: 415, section: 2, effective_date: 2009-01-01, role: amendment }
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# Reporting suspected fraud

A. If any person or any insurer, any employee thereof, or any insurance professional has knowledge of or has reason to believe that a violation of R.S. 22:1923, 1924, or 1925 will be, is being, or has been committed, that person shall notify the section of insurance fraud in the Department of Insurance, in accordance with R.S. 22:1926.

B. All applications for insurance and all claim forms provided and required by an insurer or required by law as a condition of payment of a claim shall contain a statement, permanently affixed to or included as a part of the application or claim form, that clearly states in substance the following:

"Any person who knowingly presents a false or fraudulent claim for payment of a loss or benefit or knowingly presents false information in an application for insurance is guilty of a crime and may be subject to fines and confinement in prison."

C. The lack of the statement required by Subsection B of this Section shall not constitute a defense in any criminal prosecution. The statement shall not be required to appear on applications and forms relating to reinsurance.