Insurance Code section 1874.85

An insurer that issues automobile liability or collision policies shall inspect vehicles for which it has approved a claim for the cost of auto body repairs, either during the repair process or after the work has been completed, and the number of vehicles inspected shall be a statistical sampling sufficient to demonstrate to the department the insurer’s efforts to reduce fraudulent auto body work during a calendar year.

Source: Section 1874.85, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=INS§ionNum=1874.­85.­ (updated Jan. 1, 2003; accessed Dec. 29, 2025).

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