Code of Alabama - Title 8: Commercial Law and Consumer Protection - Chapter 33 - Vehicle Protection Product Act

  • Section 8-33-1 Short title
    This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Vehicle Protection Product Act.
  • Section 8-33-2 Definitions
    As used in this chapter, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) ADMINISTRATOR. A third party other than the warrantor who is designated...
  • Section 8-33-3 Compliance
    (a) No vehicle protection product may be sold or offered for sale in this state unless the seller, warrantor, and administrator, if any, comply with...
  • Section 8-33-4 Registration requirements
    (a) A person may not operate as a warrantor or represent to the public that the person is a warrantor unless the person is registered...
  • Section 8-33-5 Conditions for warrantors
    (a) No vehicle protection product shall be sold or offered for sale in this state unless the warrantor meets one of the conditions in subsection...
  • Section 8-33-6 Conditions for policies
    No warranty reimbursement insurance policy shall be issued, sold, or offered for sale in this state unless the policy meets the following conditions: (1) The...
  • Section 8-33-7 Form and contents of warranty
    (a) Every vehicle protection product warranty in its entirety shall be written, printed, or typed in eight point type size or larger and shall not...
  • Section 8-33-8 Cancellation of warranty
    (a) No vehicle protection product may be sold or offered for sale in this state unless the vehicle protection product warranty clearly states the terms...
  • Section 8-33-9 Prohibited acts
    (a) Unless licensed as an insurance company, a vehicle protection product warrantor shall not use in its name, contracts, or literature, any of the words...
  • Section 8-33-10 Record keeping requirements
    (a) All vehicle protection product warrantors shall keep accurate accounts, books, and records concerning transactions regulated under this chapter. (b) A vehicle protection product warrantor's...
  • Section 8-33-11 Enforcement provisions
    (a) The commissioner may conduct examinations of warrantors, administrators, or other persons to enforce this chapter and protect warranty holders in this state. Upon request...
  • Section 8-33-12 Rules and regulations
    The commissioner may adopt such administrative rules consistent with this chapter as are necessary to implement this chapter. Such rules and regulations shall include disclosures...
  • Section 8-33-13 Applicability
    This chapter applies to all vehicle protection products sold or offered for sale on or after January 1, 2007. The failure of any person to...

Last modified: May 3, 2021