A person commits the offense of insurance fraud in the second degree if that person knowingly engages in conduct specified in § 22-3225.02 with the intent to defraud or to fraudulently obtain property of another and the value of the property which is sought to be obtained is $1,000 or more.
CREDIT(S)
(Dec. 1, 1982, D.C. Law 4-164, § 125c, as added Apr. 27, 1999, D.C. Law 12-273, § 2, 46 DCR 1132; July 25, 2006, D.C. Law 16-144, § 2(b), 53 DCR 2838; June 3, 2011, D.C. Law 18-377, § 12(c), 58 DCR 1174.)
HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 22-3825.3.
Effect of Amendments
D.C. Law 16-144 rewrote section, which had read as follows:
“A person commits insurance fraud in the second degree if that person knowingly presents false information or conceals information regarding a material fact in any of the following:
“(1) Application for, rating of, or renewal of an insurance policy or reinsurance contract;
“(2) Claim for payment or benefit pursuant to an insurance policy or reinsurance contract;
“(3) Premiums paid on an insurance policy or reinsurance contract;
“(4) Payment made in accordance with the terms of an insurance policy or reinsurance contract;
“(5) Application used in a premium finance transaction;
“(6) Solicitation for sale of an insurance policy;
“(7) Application for a license or certificate of authority filed with the Commissioner or the chief insurance regulatory official of another jurisdiction;
“(8) Financial statement or condition of any insurer or reinsurer;
“(9) Acquisition, formation, merger, affiliation, reconsolidation, dissolution, or withdrawal from one or more lines of insurance or reinsurance in the District by an insurer or reinsurer;
“(10) Issuance of written evidence of insurance; or
“(11) Application for reinstatement of an insurance policy.”
D.C. Law 18-377 substituted “$1,000” for “$250”.
Emergency Act Amendments
For temporary (90 day) amendment of section, see § 512(c) of Public Safety Legislation Sixty-Day Layover Emergency Amendment Act of 2010 (D.C. Act 18-693, January 18, 2011, 58 DCR 640).
For temporary (90 day) amendment of section, see § 512(c) of Public Safety Legislation Sixty-Day Layover Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2011 (D.C. Act 19-45, April 20, 2011, 58 DCR 3701).
Legislative History of Laws
For legislative history of D.C. Law 12-273, see Historical and Statutory Notes following § 22-3225.01.
For Law 16-144, see notes following § 22-3225.02.
For history of Law 18-377, see notes under § 22-303.