(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 vehicle available for car sharing on the peer-to-peer car sharing program, the peer-to-peer car sharing program must do all of the following:

(1) Verify that the shared vehicle does not have any safety recalls for which the repairs have not been made.

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

Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 21 Sec. 8613

  • Peer-to-peer car sharing: means the authorized use of a vehicle by an individual other than the vehicle's owner through a peer-to-peer car sharing program. See Delaware Code Title 21 Sec. 8602
  • Peer-to-peer car sharing program: means a business platform that connects vehicle owners with drivers to enable the sharing of vehicles for financial consideration. See Delaware Code Title 21 Sec. 8602
  • Shared vehicle: means a vehicle that is available for sharing through a peer-to-peer car sharing program. See Delaware Code Title 21 Sec. 8602
  • Shared vehicle driver: means an individual who has been authorized to drive the shared vehicle by the shared vehicle owner under a car sharing program agreement. See Delaware Code Title 21 Sec. 8602
  • Shared vehicle owner: means the registered owner, or a person or entity designated by the registered owner of a vehicle made available for sharing to shared vehicle drivers through a peer-to-peer car sharing program. See Delaware Code Title 21 Sec. 8602

(b) (1) If the shared vehicle owner has received an actual notice of a safety recall, a shared vehicle owner may not make a vehicle available as a shared 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 vehicle while the shared vehicle is made available on the peer-to-peer car sharing program, the shared vehicle owner must remove the shared vehicle as available on the peer-to-peer car sharing program as soon as practicably possible 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 vehicle is being used in the possession of a shared vehicle driver, the shared vehicle owner must notify the peer-to-peer car sharing program about the safety recall as soon as practicably possible after receiving the notice of the safety recall, so that the shared vehicle owner may address the safety recall repair.

83 Del. Laws, c. 227, § 1;