Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 8-2813

  • Peer-to-peer vehicle sharing: means the authorized use of a shared vehicle by an individual other than the shared vehicle's owner through a peer-to-peer vehicle sharing program. See Kansas Statutes 8-2802
  • Peer-to-peer vehicle sharing program: means a business platform that connects vehicle owners with drivers to enable the sharing of vehicles for financial consideration. See Kansas Statutes 8-2802
  • Shared vehicle: means a vehicle that is available for sharing through a peer-to-peer vehicle sharing program. See Kansas Statutes 8-2802
  • Shared vehicle driver: means an individual who has been authorized to drive the shared vehicle by the shared vehicle owner under a vehicle sharing program agreement. See Kansas Statutes 8-2802
  • 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 vehicle sharing program. See Kansas Statutes 8-2802

(a) After the time that a vehicle owner registers as a shared vehicle owner on a peer-to-peer vehicle sharing program but before the time that the shared vehicle owner makes a vehicle available as a shared vehicle on the peer-to-peer vehicle sharing program, the peer-to-peer vehicle sharing program shall:

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

(2) notify the shared vehicle owner of the requirements under subsection (b).

(b) (1) If a vehicle owner has received an actual notice of a safety recall on the owner’s vehicle, the owner may not make such vehicle available as a shared vehicle on a peer-to-peer vehicle 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 available on the peer-to-peer vehicle sharing program, the shared vehicle owner shall remove the shared vehicle from the peer-to-peer vehicle sharing program as soon as practicable after receiving the notice of the safety recall and shall not replace such vehicle on the peer-to-peer vehicle sharing program 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 and is in the possession of a shared vehicle driver, as soon as practicable after receiving the notice of the safety recall, the shared vehicle owner shall notify the peer-to-peer vehicle sharing program about the safety recall so that the shared vehicle owner may address the safety recall repair.