District Of Columbia § 31-2231.08 - False statements and entries.

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§ 31-2231.08. False statements and entries.

31-2231.08
(a)

No person shall knowingly file with an insurance regulatory or other public official, knowingly make, publish, disseminate, circulate, or deliver to a person, or place before the public, or knowingly cause directly or indirectly to be made, published, disseminated, circulated, delivered to a person, or placed before the public, a false material statement of fact as to the financial condition of an insurer.

(b)

No person shall knowingly:

(1)

Make a false entry of a material fact in a book, report, or statement of an insurer;

(2)

With intent to deceive an agent of the Commissioner lawfully appointed to examine the insurer’s condition or any of its affairs, fail to make a true entry of any material fact pertaining to the business of an insurer in a book, report, or statement of the insurer; or

(3)

Make a false material statement to an insurance department official.

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Source: official District Of Columbia text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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Section 31-2231.08 ("False statements and entries.") is part of the D.C. Code, the codified statutory law of District Of Columbia. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.

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