NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1965 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 950

SENATE BILL 525

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND ARTICLE 19 OF CHAPTER 14 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES OF NORTH CAROLINA RELATING TO FALSE OR FRAUDULENT STATEMENTS OR REPRESENTATIONS WITH REFERENCE TO CLAIMS FOR INSURANCE BENEFITS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  That Article 19 of Chapter 14 of the General Statutes of North Carolina be amended by adding thereto a new Section to read as follows:

"Sec. 14-113.1.  False Statement in Claim for Insurance Benefits. Any agent, physician, claimant, or other person who shall wilfully and knowingly present or cause to be presented a false or fraudulent claim, or any proof in support of such claim, for the payment of a loss, or other benefits, under any contract or certificate of insurance ; or who wilfully and knowingly prepares, makes or subscribes to a false or fraudulent account, certificate, affidavit or proof of loss, or other document or writing, with knowledge that the same may be presented or used in support of such claim, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), or imprisonment in the county jail for not less than thirty days nor more than one year, or by both fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court. The provisions of this Section shall be applicable to contracts and certificates issued pursuant to Chapters 57 and 58 of the General Statutes."

Sec. 2.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3.  This Act shall be in full force and effect on and after July 1, 1965.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 11th day of June, 1965.