{"code":"INS","codeName":"Insurance Code","section":"531","citation":"Ins. Code, § 531","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 6. Loss [520. - 580.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/insurance-code/division-1/part-1/chapter-6"},{"name":"ARTICLE 2. Causes of Loss [530. - 533.7.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/insurance-code/division-1/part-1/chapter-6/article-2"}],"history":"Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 145.","effective":null,"html":"<p>An insurer is liable:</p><p>(a) Where the thing insured is rescued from a peril insured against, and which would otherwise have caused a loss, if, in the course of such rescue, the thing is exposed to a peril not insured against, and which permanently deprives the insured of its possession, in whole or in part.</p><p>(b) If a loss is caused by efforts to rescue the thing insured from a peril insured against.</p>","text":"An insurer is liable: (a) Where the thing insured is rescued from a peril insured against, and which would otherwise have caused a loss, if, in the course of such rescue, the thing is exposed to a peril not insured against, and which permanently deprives the insured of its possession, in whole or in part. (b) If a loss is caused by efforts to rescue the thing insured from a peril insured against.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/insurance-code/causes-of-loss-531","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}