§1313.  Fire insurance contract; standard provisions; variations

A.  Notwithstanding the requirements of R.S. 22:1311 concerning the use of the standard fire policy provisions, the use of such form shall not be required in the event the policy forms covering the peril of fire are equivalent to or exceed the provisions of the standard fire policy.

B.  In the event that the policy forms used are not equivalent to or do not exceed the terms of the standard fire policy, all of the provisions of the standard fire policy shall become a part of the policy by physically attaching the standard fire policy.

C.  Failure to attach the standard fire policy as provided in R.S. 22:1313(B) shall not affect the rights of the insured under the standard fire policy and the provisions of the standard fire policy shall become a part of the contract and shall prevail.

Acts 1986, No. 133, §1, eff. June 26, 1986; Acts 2004, No. 34, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 22:691.2 by Acts 2008, No. 415, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2010, No. 703, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.