8-266. Renting motor vehicle to another; record.
8-266
8-266. Renting motor vehicle to another; record.
(a) No person shall rent a motor vehicle to any other person unless the
latter person is then duly licensed hereunder to operate such motor vehicle
or, in the case of a nonresident, then duly licensed under the laws of the
state of his or her residence, except a nonresident whose home state does
not require that a driver be licensed.
(b) No person shall rent a motor vehicle to another until such person
has inspected the license of the person to whom the vehicle is to be rented
and compared and verified the signature thereon with the signature of such
person written in his or her presence.
(c) Every person renting a motor vehicle to another shall keep a record
of the registration number of the motor vehicle so rented, the name and
address of the person to whom the vehicle is rented, the number of the
license of said latter person and the date and place when and where said
license was issued. Such record shall be open to inspection by any police
officer or officer or employee of the division.
History: L. 1937, ch. 73, § 33; L. 1949, ch. 104, § 37; L. 1975, ch. 36, §
30; Jan. 1, 1976.