NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1327

SENATE BILL 583

 

 

AN ACT TO REMOVE ALL PRESUMPTIONS UNDER THEFT INSURANCE POLICY CLAIMS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  A new section is added to Chapter 58 of the General Statutes to read:

"§ 58-31.2.  In any action for recovery under a burglary or theft insurance policy, as that term is defined in G.S. 58-72(7), there shall be no presumptions that the alleged loss was caused by theft or by mysterious disappearance."

Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification, but does not affect pending litigation.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 25th day of June, 1980.