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  "title": "California Insurance Code section 359 (representation false in a material point)",
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  "url": "https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=INS&sectionNum=359",
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      "text": "California Insurance Code section 359 reads in full: \"If a representation is false in a material point, whether affirmative or promissory, the injured party is entitled to rescind the contract from the time the representation becomes false.\""
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