Section 10-502 - Effect of subtitle. - Maryland Statutes

§ 10-502. Effect of subtitle.
 

This subtitle does not: 

(1) require an insurer to pay an amount for motor vehicle repair services or repair products necessary to properly and fairly repair a motor vehicle that is greater than the usual and customary charges for equivalent services or products charged by similar contractors or repair shops within a reasonable geographic or trade area of the address of the claimant or insured; or 

(2) prohibit an insurer from requiring a claimant or an insured to obtain an appraisal by driving a damaged motor vehicle to a facility that is owned or leased by or under contract to the insurer and is used exclusively for damage appraisals. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 48A, § 490Q; 1995, ch. 36.]