(1)(a) A creditor other than a person that sells a guaranteed asset protection waiver in connection with a retail sale of a motor vehicle may insure a guaranteed asset protection waiver with a reimbursement insurance policy.

Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 646A.784

  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Person: includes individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies and joint stock companies. See Oregon Statutes 174.100

(b) A person that sells a guaranteed asset protection waiver in connection with a retail sale of a motor vehicle shall insure the guaranteed asset protection waiver with a reimbursement insurance policy that meets the requirements set forth in subsection (2) of this section.

(c) A lessor that leases a motor vehicle does not need to insure a guaranteed asset protection waiver that the lessor sells in connection with the lease.

(2) A reimbursement insurance policy for a guaranteed asset protection waiver must state:

(a) The terms of the obligation the insurer has to reimburse the creditor for amounts the creditor must waive under the terms of the guaranteed asset protection waiver;

(b) That the insurer’s obligation to reimburse the creditor extends to the creditor’s assignee or any person to which the creditor sells or transfers the finance agreement or the guaranteed asset protection waiver that the reimbursement insurance policy covers;

(c) That the reimbursement insurance policy remains in effect until canceled in accordance with applicable provisions of the Insurance Code; and

(d) That a cancellation of the reimbursement insurance policy does not affect an insurer’s obligation under the reimbursement insurance policy for guaranteed asset protection waivers that the insured sold, and for which the insurer received premium payments, before the date on which the reimbursement insurance policy was canceled.

(3) A person that sells a guaranteed asset protection waiver in connection with a sale or lease of a motor vehicle shall report to any insurer that has issued a reimbursement insurance policy to the person the number of guaranteed asset protection waiver sales and any other details the insurer requires under the terms of the reimbursement insurance policy and shall timely forward to the insurer all funds due under the terms of the reimbursement insurance policy. [2015 c.523 § 6]