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<section article="gin" article_name="Insurance" number="19-107" title_number="19" title_name="Property and Casualty Insurance" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="General Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>An insurer may not refuse to issue or renew a contract of motor vehicle insurance, property insurance, or casualty insurance solely because the subject of the risk or the applicant’s or insured’s address is located in a certain geographic area of the State unless:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>at least 60 days before the refusal, the insurer has filed with the Commissioner a written statement designating the geographic area; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the designation has an objective basis and is not arbitrary or unreasonable.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A statement filed with the Commissioner under this section is a public record.</text>
  </level>
</section>
