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Insurance Code § 1874.85

ARTICLE 4.5. Insurer Inspections

Current as of September 28, 2026Ins. Code, § 1874.85Official source ↗

Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 664, Sec. 154. Effective January 1, 2003.

An insurer that issues automobile liability or collision policies shall inspect vehicles for which it has approved a claim for the cost of auto body repairs, either during the repair process or after the work has been completed, and the number of vehicles inspected shall be a statistical sampling sufficient to demonstrate to the department the insurer’s efforts to reduce fraudulent auto body work during a calendar year.