(815 ILCS 306/35)
Sec. 35.
Inability to deliver motor vehicle to facility during business
hours. When the consumer is unable to deliver the motor vehicle to the motor
vehicle repair facility during business hours and the consumer has requested
the motor vehicle repair facility to take possession of the motor vehicle for
the purpose of repairing or estimating the cost of repairing the motor
vehicle, the motor vehicle repair facility may not undertake the diagnosing or
repairing of any malfunction of the motor vehicle for compensation unless the
motor vehicle repair facility has complied with all of the following
conditions:
(1) The motor vehicle repair facility has prepared a | ||
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(2) By telephone or otherwise, the consumer has been | ||
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(3) The consumer has given his or her oral or written | ||
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If the consumer's authorization is oral, the motor vehicle repair facility
shall make, on both the written estimate or firm price quotation and the
invoice, a notation of the
name of the person authorizing the repairs, the date, the time, and the
telephone number called, if any. Any charge for parts or labor in excess of
the original estimate must be separately authorized by the consumer as
provided in subsection (b) of Section 15 and in Section 25.
(Source: P.A. 90-426, eff. 1-1-98.)
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