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<chapter num="04" heading="Motor Vehicle Insurance—Out-of-State Coverage" title_num="31" subtitle_num="08">
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" heading="Out-Of-State Motor Vehicle Coverage.">
    <text>On and after the effective date of these regulations each insurer issuing a motor vehicle liability insurance policy covering a Maryland resident shall include in the policy a provision regarding out-of-State insurance coverage at least as favorable to the insured as the following:</text>
    <text>"It is agreed that, subject to all the provisions of the policy except where modified herein, the following provision is added:</text>
    <text>“If, under the provisions of the motor vehicle financial law or the motor vehicle compulsory insurance law or any similar law of the District of Columbia or of any state or province, a nonresident is required to maintain insurance with respect to the operation or use of a motor vehicle in such jurisdiction and such insurance requirements are greater than the insurance provided by the policy, the limits of the company's liability and the kinds of coverage afforded by the policy shall be as set forth in such law, in lieu of the insurance otherwise provided by the policy, but only to the extent required by such law and only with respect to the operation or use of a motor vehicle in such jurisdiction; provided that the insurance under this provision shall be reduced to the extent that there is other valid and collectible insurance under this or any other motor vehicle insurance policy. In no event shall any person be entitled to receive duplicate payments for the same elements of loss.”</text>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" heading="Existing Policies.">
    <text>On the effective date of these regulations each insurer which has a motor vehicle liability insurance policy covering a Maryland resident in force which does not have coverage as favorable to the insured as that in Regulation .01 of this chapter shall amend the policy to provide the coverage of Regulation .01 of this chapter. The insurer may make an additional charge for any coverage added under the requirements of this regulation subject to a rate filing approved by the Insurance Commissioner.</text>
  </regulation>
  <annotations>
    <annotation type="Authority">Insurance Article, §§1-101(k), 2-108, 2-109, and 19-101(a) and (b), Title 11, Subtitle 2, and Title 19, Subtitle 5; Transportation Article, Title 17, Subtitle 1; Annotated Code of Maryland</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Effective date:</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulations .01 and .02 adopted as an emergency provision</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">effective November 1, 1983 (10:22 Md. R. 1963); adopted permanently</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">effective March 1, 1984 (11:1 Md. R. 43)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Chapter recodified from COMAR 09.30.63 to COMAR 31.08.04 effective September 7, 1998 (25:18 Md. R. 1439)</annotation>
  </annotations>
</chapter>