56-7-206 - Life insurance Proof of death for small policies.

56-7-206. Life insurance Proof of death for small policies.

In the case of any life insurance policy with a value of seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500) or less, proof of death may be furnished by submission of a photocopy of the certificate of death, accompanied by a sworn statement by the doctor who signed the certificate or the funeral director who conducted burial services that the certificate is authentic.

[Acts 1976, ch. 586, § 1; T.C.A., § 56-1172; Acts 1991, ch. 137, § 1.]