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title: O.C.G.A. § 25-2-33.1. Reports of arson and suspected arson to state fire marshal and insurers; prohibition of payment of insurance claim upon receipt of report prior to notification.
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# O.C.G.A. § 25-2-33.1. Reports of arson and suspected arson to state fire marshal and insurers; prohibition of payment of insurance claim upon receipt of report prior to notification.

(a) The fire department of each county and municipality and any other organized fire department operating within this state shall report every incident or suspected incident of arson to the local law enforcement agency, the state fire marshal, and every insurance company with a known pecuniary interest in the cause of the fire in which arson is involved or suspected to be involved. In any local jurisdiction where an organized fire department is not operating, the local law enforcement agency investigating a fire shall make the reports required by this Code section. Such reports shall be made on forms provided for that purpose by the state fire marshal.

(b) Any insurance company which has received a report of an incident or suspected incident of arson under subsection (a) of this Code section shall not pay any claim relating thereto prior to notifying in writing the state fire marshal and local fire department of the date the claim is to be paid.

## History

Code 1981, § 25-2-33.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 792, § 1.