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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 303

AN ACT concerning

Vehicle Laws - Accident Reports

FOR the purpose of eliminating the requirement that written

accident reports be filed with the Motor Vehicle

Administration for vehicular accidents that involve
only property damage.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Transportation

Section 20-107

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1977 Volume and 1979 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows:

Article - Transportation

20-107.

(a)  (1) The driver of each vehicle involved in an
accident that results in bodily injury to or death of any
person [or in damage to the property of any one person,
including himself, in excess of $100] shall, within 15 days
after the accident:

(i) Report the matter in writing to the
Administration; and

(ii) File with the report evidence of
liability insurance or other security that satisfies the
requirements of Title 17 of this article.

(2) In addition to any other information
required by the Administration, the report shall contain:

(i) The name and address of the insurance
carrier or other provider of security for the person making
the report;

(ii) The policy or other identifying
number of the liability insurance or other security; and

(iii) The name and address of the local
agent for the insurance carrier or other provider of
security.

(b)  If the driver is physically incapable of making
the report or is unavailable or refuses to do so, the
Administration in its discretion may require instead a
report of the accident from the owner of the vehicle