Sections
22 entriesSection 1939.01Defines vehicle-rental terms including rental company, renter, authorized driver, damage waiver, electronic surveillance technology, membership program, passenger vehicle, and personal vehicle sharing…Section 1939.03Limits a renter's agreed rental-vehicle liability to specified physical damage, theft, vandalism, towing, storage, impound, and administrative charges, subject to the separate…Section 1939.05Limits renter vehicle-damage liability to replacement/repair, towing, storage, impound, and administrative costs after discounts. Sets administrative charges at $50 for costs over…Section 1939.07Limits rental-vehicle damage or loss claims, excluding loss of use, to amounts reasonably related to actual loss and requires mitigation and credit…Section 1939.09Limits a damage waiver to eliminating renter liability for vehicle damage, loss, loss of use, and related costs, except for specified misconduct,…Section 1939.13Prohibits a rental company from requiring the purchase of a damage waiver, optional insurance, or another optional good or service. A rental…Section 1939.15Prohibits a rental company from seeking to recover any portion of a claim arising out of damage to, or loss of, the…Section 1939.17Allows a rental company to collect a customer facility charge or an alternative customer facility charge when the collection is made pursuant…Section 1939.19Requires or imposing charges for a rental, the rental company or third party may separately state the rental rate, additional mandatory charges,…Section 1939.20Exempts a rental company from violating the referenced consumer-law pricing rule when it excludes charges from an advertised, displayed, or offered rental-vehicle…Section 1939.21Allows a rental company, for a qualified business rental producing or reasonably expected to produce more than $25,000 in qualifying 12-month or…Section 1939.22Requires a rental company to send communications to a renter electronically if the renter agrees to that communication in the rental or…Section 1939.23Prohibits rental companies from using renter information obtained through electronic surveillance except for specified recovery, law-enforcement, geofence, navigation, remote-access, or roadside-assistance purposes.…Section 1939.25Allows a renter to bring an action against a rental company for damages and appropriate equitable relief for a violation of the…Section 1939.27Requires a rental company that brings an action against a renter for loss due to theft of the vehicle to bring the…Section 1939.29Bars waiver of the chapter’s provisions as void and unenforceable against public policy, except for waivers involving three specifically identified provisions. The…Section 1939.31Establishes how a rental company satisfies disclosure duties for renters enrolled in its membership program: specified disclosures and change-contact information must precede…Section 1939.33Requires a rental company that rented to a foreign renter who purchased specified liability insurance to accept service of process for in-state…Section 1939.35Requires a rental company to provide a renter of a 15-passenger van with a copy of the United States Department of Transportation.…Section 1939.37Defines Key card, or by other as that allow the vehicle to be accessed at a remote location, or at a business…Section 1939.38Allows a commercial airport facility to regulate airport access and require specified vehicle-sharing or rental entities to collect a customer facility charge.…Section 1939.39Prohibits a personal vehicle sharing program from allowing a vehicle to be placed on a digital network or software application of the…