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WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor
Ch. 217
CHAPTER 217
(House Bill 7)
AN ACT concerning
Motor Vehicle Administration - Records and Certificates of Title - Defective Motor
Vehicles
FOR the purpose of requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to maintain a record of
certain documents as part of its certificate of title records; requiring a certificate of
title issued by the Administration for a vehicle that was the subject of certain
actions under the Automotive Warranty Enforcement Act to contain a certain
notation; requiring a certain disclosure by a manufacturer to be in a certain form
and to include certain information; requiring that a certain disclosure form be
provided to a consumer and to the Administration; and generally relating to Motor
Vehicle Administration records and certificates of title issued for certain defective
vehicles.
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Commercial Law
Section 14-1502
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1990 Replacement Volume and 1993 Supplement)
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,.
Article - Transportation
Section 13-106 and 13-107(a)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1992 Replacement Volume and 1993 Supplement)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article - Commercial Law
14-1502.
(a) If the manufacturer's warranty period is to include those miles of operation
when the new motor vehicle is in the possession of any person other than the consumer,
the manufacturer shall state that fact in 12 point bold face type in the manufacturer's
written warranty.
(b) (1) If a new motor vehicle does not conform to all applicable warranties
during the warranty period, the consumer shall, during such period, report the
nonconformity, defect, or condition by giving written notice to the manufacturer or
factory branch by certified mail, return receipt requested. Notice of this procedure shall
be conspicuously disclosed to the consumer in writing at the time of sale or delivery of the
motor vehicle.
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