All policies issued by a company to persons within this state, which policies contain any reference to the application of the insured, or the bylaws or rules of the company, either as forming part of the policy or contract between the parties thereto or as having any bearing on the contract, shall have the application, bylaws and rules or the parts thereof relied upon as forming part of the policy or contract, or as having any bearing on the contract, attached to the policy or printed on the face or reverse side thereof. Unless either so attached and accompanying the policy, or printed on the face or reverse side thereof, the same shall not be received as evidence in any action for the recovery of benefits provided by the policy, and shall not be considered a part of the policy or of the contract between the parties, but nothing in this section is intended to apply to evidence used in the reinstatement of a policy. The policy and the rules and regulations shall be printed, and no portion thereof shall be in type smaller than brevier.
Effective: October 1, 1942

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 299.130

  • Action: includes all proceedings in any court of this state. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Company: may extend and be applied to any corporation, company, person, partnership, joint stock company, or association. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010

History: Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky.
Stat. sec. 679.

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