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<section article="gin" article_name="Insurance" number="10-502" title_number="10" title_name="Regulation of Insurance Professions" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Vehicle Damage Adjusters and Appraisers">
  <text>This subtitle does not:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>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</text>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>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.</text>
  </level>
</section>
