2009 Iowa Code
Title 13 - Commerce
Subtitle 1 - Insurance and Related Regulation
CHAPTER 507E - INSURANCE FRAUD
507E.3 - FRAUDULENT SUBMISSIONS -- PENALTY.

        507E.3  FRAUDULENT SUBMISSIONS -- PENALTY.
         1.  For purposes of this chapter, "statement" includes, but is
      not limited to, any notice, statement, proof of loss, bill of lading,
      receipt for payment, invoice, account, estimate of property damage,
      bill for services, diagnosis, prescription, hospital or physician
      record, X ray, test result, or other evidence of loss, injury, or
      expense.
         2.  A person commits a class "D" felony if the person, with the
      intent to defraud an insurer, does any of the following:
         a.  Presents or causes to be presented to an insurer, any
      written document or oral statement, including a computer- generated
      document, as part of, or in support of, a claim for payment or other
      benefit pursuant to an insurance policy, knowing that such document
      or statement contains any false information concerning a material
      fact.
         b.  Assists, abets, solicits, or conspires with another to
      present or cause to be presented to an insurer, any written document
      or oral statement, including a computer-generated document, that is
      intended to be presented to any insurer in connection with, or in
      support of, any claim for payment or other benefit pursuant to an
      insurance policy, knowing that such document or statement contains
      any false information concerning a material fact.
         c.  Presents or causes to be presented to an insurer, any
      written document or oral statement, including a computer- generated
      document, as part of, or in, an application for insurance coverage,
      knowing that such document or statement contains false information
      concerning a material fact.  

         94 Acts, ch 1072, §3, 9; 95 Acts, ch 185, §46; 96 Acts, ch 1045, §
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         Referred to in § 507E.6