Louisiana Revised Statutes 22:1273 – Presumption of coverage; civil authority prohibited use
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 22:1273
- Policy: means an automobile liability, automobile physical damage, or automobile collision policy, or any combination thereof, delivered or issued for delivery in this state, or any binder based on such a policy, insuring a single individual or husband and wife resident of the same household, as named insured, and under which the insured vehicles therein designated are of the following types only:
(a) A private passenger vehicle that is not used as a public or livery conveyance for passengers, nor rented to others. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 22:1266
A. For losses that arise due to a catastrophic event in which a state of disaster or emergency is declared by civil officials, for those areas within the declaration, if a civil authority prohibits the insured from using their residential premises as a result of damage to a neighboring premises due to a peril covered by the policy, the civil authority prohibited use coverage shall be afforded as provided in the policy.
B. For purposes of this Section, insurers shall interpret all actions of a civil authority without regard to whether formal orders of evacuation were issued.
Acts 2022, No. 434, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2023.