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Indiana Code Title 24. Trade Regulation § 24-4-9-10

Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

Sec. 10. (a) A rental company may offer and sell, for a separate charge, a damage waiver that is set forth in the rental agreement and that relieves an authorized driver of any liability for damage that the authorized driver might otherwise incur.

(b) Each rental agreement that contains a damage waiver must disclose the following information in plain language printed in type at least as large as 10 point type:

(1) That the waiver is optional.

(2) That the waiver entails an additional charge.

(3) The actual charge per day for the waiver.

(4) All restrictions, conditions, and provisions in or endorsed on the waiver.

(5) That the renter or other authorized driver may already be sufficiently covered for damage to the rental vehicle and should examine the renter's or authorized driver's automobile insurance policy to determine whether the policy provides coverage for damage, loss, or loss of use to a rented vehicle, and the amount of the deductible.

(6) That by entering into the rental agreement, the renter may be liable for damage, loss, or loss of use to the rental vehicle.

(c) A rental company may not rent a vehicle to a renter until the renter has acknowledged in writing that the renter understands the information set forth in subsection (b).  The acknowledgment must be written in plain language on the rental agreement and must be initialed by the renter.

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