{"code":"INS","codeName":"Insurance Code","section":"170","citation":"Ins. Code, § 170","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 1. GENERAL RULES GOVERNING INSURANCE [100. - 1879.8.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/insurance-code/division-1"},{"name":"PART 1. THE CONTRACT [100. - 679.75.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/insurance-code/division-1/part-1"},{"name":"CHAPTER 2. Parties, Events, and Interests [150. - 305.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/insurance-code/division-1/part-1/chapter-2"},{"name":"ARTICLE 2. Parties to Contract: Mortgagor and Mortgagee [170. - 172.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/insurance-code/division-1/part-1/chapter-2/article-2"}],"history":"Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 145.","effective":null,"html":"<p>Unless the policy otherwise provides, if a mortgagor of property effects insurance in his own name providing that the loss shall be payable to the mortgagee, or assigns a policy of insurance to a mortgagee, the insurance is deemed to be upon the interest of the mortgagor and the mortgagor does not cease to be a party to the original contract.</p>","text":"Unless the policy otherwise provides, if a mortgagor of property effects insurance in his own name providing that the loss shall be payable to the mortgagee, or assigns a policy of insurance to a mortgagee, the insurance is deemed to be upon the interest of the mortgagor and the mortgagor does not cease to be a party to the original contract.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/insurance-code/parties-to-contract-mortgagor-and-mortgagee-170","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}