§1294. Automobile insurance; substitute vehicle; notice of discontinuance; payment to provider
A. Whenever any policy of automobile insurance provides a substitute vehicle for an insured, the insurer shall continue its payment for the substitute vehicle until either seventy-two hours after the named insured has been notified that the insurer will cease such payment or until the cost or time limits which the policy provides for substitute vehicles have been met, whichever is earlier.
B. The notice provided by this Section shall not be required when the repair of the insured vehicle has been completed and the insured has received the repaired insured vehicle.
C. The notice provided by this Section shall not be required when the insured requests the discontinuance of the substitute vehicle provided by the insurer.
D. Whenever any policy of automobile insurance provides a substitute vehicle for an insured, the insurer shall guarantee payment at the request of the insured for use of such vehicle pursuant to the policy provisions and shall pay the provider of the vehicle directly for use of the substitute vehicle pursuant to the provisions of the policy.
Acts 1988, No. 944, §1; Acts 1992, No. 868, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 22:1465 by Acts 2008, No. 415, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
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