(a) In giving an estimate of the cost of work to be performed on or material to be supplied for any motor vehicle, no owner, agent or employee of a garage, service station or other place where automobiles or other motor vehicles may be repaired, painted or examined for malfunctions, and no person employed as an appraiser or adjustor for such purposes shall, with intent to deceive, give a false estimate, exclude from the estimate work or material to repair or correct an actual item of damage or malfunction, include in the estimate work or material to repair or correct a nonexistent item of damage or malfunction, or submit a bill or charge for work not performed or material not supplied.
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of fraudulent charges or estimates for motor vehicle repair, a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(1964 Code Sec. 134.23)