2020 Maryland Statutes
Transportation
Title 18.5 - Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing Programs
Section 18.5-109 - Vehicle Safety -- Safety Recall Notices

    (a)    At the time when a vehicle owner registers as a shared vehicle owner on a peer–to–peer car sharing program and prior to the time when the shared vehicle owner makes a shared motor vehicle available for car sharing on the peer–to–peer car sharing program, the peer–to–peer car sharing program shall:

        (1)    Verify that the shared motor vehicle does not have any safety recalls on the vehicle for which the repairs have not been made; and

        (2)    Notify the shared vehicle owner of the requirements under subsection (b) of this section.

    (b)    (1)    If the shared vehicle owner has received an actual notice of a safety recall on the motor vehicle, a shared vehicle owner may not make a motor vehicle available as a shared motor vehicle on a peer–to–peer car sharing program until the safety recall repair has been made.

        (2)    If a shared vehicle owner receives an actual notice of a safety recall on a shared motor vehicle while the shared motor vehicle is made available on the peer–to–peer car sharing program, the shared vehicle owner shall remove the shared motor vehicle as available on the peer–to–peer car sharing program, as soon as practicably possible but no later than 72 hours after receiving the notice of the safety recall and until the safety recall repair has been made.

        (3)    If a shared vehicle owner receives an actual notice of a safety recall while the shared motor vehicle is being used in the possession of a shared vehicle driver, as soon as practicably possible but no later than 72 hours after receiving the notice of the safety recall, the shared vehicle owner shall notify both the shared vehicle driver and the peer–to–peer car sharing program about the safety recall so that the shared vehicle owner may address the safety recall repair.