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<section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="13-506.1" title_number="13" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Transfer of Registration">
  <level label="a">
    <text>An insurance company shall promptly notify the Administration if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The company makes a claim settlement on a vehicle that is salvage; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The owner retains possession of the vehicle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The notice under subsection (a) of this section shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Be accompanied by the title to the vehicle and a fee established by the Administration under § 13–117 of this title for a corrected title;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Include the name of the vehicle’s owner and a description of the vehicle; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Include a statement by the insurance company that the salvage certificate bears a notation under § 13–506(c)(2)(ii)1, 2, 3, or 4 of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>On receipt of the notice under subsection (a) of this section, the Administration shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Record that the vehicle has been declared salvage; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>In the case of a repairable vehicle described in § 13–506(c)(2)(ii)1 or 4 of this subtitle, send a notice to the owner of the vehicle that the vehicle registration will be suspended unless the owner submits proof satisfactory to the Administration that the vehicle has been inspected for safety, in compliance with Title 23 of this article, within 90 days of the date of the notice; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>In the case of a vehicle described in § 13–506(c)(2)(ii)2 of this subtitle:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>Issue a salvage certificate to the owner of the vehicle; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Send a notice to the owner of the vehicle that the vehicle registration has been suspended and directing that the vehicle’s registration plates be returned immediately to the Administration.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>In accordance with § 13–507 of this subtitle, after a vehicle described in § 13–506(c)(2)(ii)1 or 4 of this subtitle has been inspected for safety in accordance with Title 23 of this article, the Administration shall issue to the owner a new certificate of title for the vehicle.</text>
  </level>
</section>
