§ 318. Reports of fire losses; availability of information. (a) Insurers shall report all fire losses in excess of five hundred dollars or such larger amount as prescribed by the superintendent, arising under policies covering property located in this state to a central organization engaged in property loss registration, as designated by the superintendent, in accordance with regulations promulgated by the superintendent.(b) The information contained in such reports shall, in accordance with such regulations, be available to law enforcement agencies, to tax districts which have, pursuant to the provisions of section twenty-two of the general municipal law, filed with the superintendent a notice of intention to claim against the proceeds of a policy of fire insurance, to the office of fire prevention and control and to appropriate governmental agencies charged with the responsibility for demolition of structures.
