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<section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="11-152" title_number="11" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Definitions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>“Salvage” means any vehicle that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Has been damaged by collision, fire, flood, accident, trespass, or other occurrence to the extent that the cost to repair the vehicle for legal operation on a highway exceeds 75% of the fair market value of the vehicle prior to sustaining the damage, as determined under § 13–506(c)(4) of this article;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Has been acquired by an insurance company as a result of a claim settlement; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Has been acquired by an automotive dismantler and recycler:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>As an abandoned vehicle, as defined under § 25–201 of this article; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>For rebuilding or for use as parts only.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>For purposes of this section, a vehicle has not been acquired by an insurance company if an owner retains possession of the vehicle upon settlement of a claim concerning the vehicle by the insurance company.</text>
  </level>
</section>
