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New Dealers
Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following words, as used in this handbook will have the meanings as described below:
- Person – Any natural person, firm, partnership, association, or corporation.
- Dealer or Licensee – Any person to whom a license has been issued denoting that person as a dealer in motor vehicles, mobile homes, or recreational vehicles.
- Applicant – Any person who has filed a dealer license application with the Division of Motorist Services.
- Vehicle – A motor vehicle (automobile, truck, motorcycle, trailer), mobile home, or recreational vehicle.
- New Motor Vehicle – One which has not been titled and is still owned and/or operated on authority of the Manufacturer Statement of Origin (M.S.O.) as the current proof of ownership document.
- Used Motor Vehicle – One which has been sold to an ultimate purchaser or one on which a certificate of title has been issued.
- Manufacturer – Any person, whether a resident or nonresident of this state, who manufactures or assembles motor vehicles or who manufactures or installs on previously assembled truck chassis special bodies or equipment which, when installed, form an integral part of the motor vehicle and which constitute a major manufacturing alteration. The term “manufacturer” includes a central or principal sales corporation or other entity through which, by contractual agreement or otherwise, it distributes its products.
- Distributor – Any person, resident or nonresident, who, in whole or in part, sells or distributes motor vehicles to motor vehicle dealers or who maintains distributor representatives.
- Importer – Any person who imports vehicles from a foreign country into the United States or into this state for the purpose of sale or lease.
- Demonstrator – Any new vehicle which is carried on the records of the dealer as a demonstrator and is used by, being inspected or driven by the dealer or t employees, or prospective customers for the purpose of demonstrating vehicle characteristics in the sale or display of motor vehicles sold by the dealer.
- Motorcycle – Any motor vehicle having a seat or saddle for the use of the rider and designed to travel on not more than three wheels in contact with the ground, but excluding a tractor or a moped. Motorcycles have an engine displacement greater than 50 cc, 1492 watts or 2bhp or they can have an engine displacement 50 cc or less, 1492 watts or less, or 2bhp or less.
- Moped – Any vehicle with pedals to permit propulsion by human power, having a seat and saddle for the use of the rider and designed to travel on not more than three wheels.
- Electric Vehicle – means a motor vehicle that is powered by an electric motor that draws current from rechargeable storage batteries, fuel cells, or other sources of electrical current.
- Mobile Home – means a structure, transportable in one or more sections, which is eight body feet or more in width and which is built on an integral chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling when connected to the required utilities and includes the plumbing, heating, air-conditioning, and electrical systems contained therein.
- Recreational Vehicle – means a recreational vehicle-type unit primarily designed as temporary living quarters for recreational, camping, or travel use, which either has its own motive power or is mounted on or drawn by another vehicle.
- Salvage Vehicle – means a motor vehicle or mobile home which is a total loss.
- Rebuilt Vehicle – A motor vehicle or mobile home built from salvage or junk.
- Assembled from Parts (ASPT) – A motor vehicle or mobile home assembled from parts or combined from parts of motor vehicles or mobile homes new or used. Assembled from Parts does not mean a motor vehicle as a rebuilt vehicle.
- Low Speed Vehicle (LSV) – A four-wheeled Electric Vehicle whose top speed is greater than 20 miles per hour but not greater than 25 miles per hour, including neighborhood electric vehicles.
- Golf Cart Conversion – A golf car is a vehicle that is a golf cart converted to an electric Low Speed Vehicle that meets all LSV requirements.
- Mini-Truck – “Mini truck” means any four-wheeled, reduced-dimension truck that does not have a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration truck classification, with a top speed of 55 miles per hour, and which is equipped with headlamps, stop lamps, turn signal lamps, tail lamps, reflex reflectors, parking brakes, rearview mirrors, windshields, and seat belts.
- True Copy – A complete and accurate photographic copy of a document which reflects all characters, marks and signatures contained in the original.
- Fictitious Name – Any name under which a person transacts business in this state, other than their legal name.
- Business- Any enterprise or venture, in which a person sells, buys, exchanges, barters, deals, or represents the dealing in anything or article of value, or renders services for compensation.
- Legal Name- A person’s given name, or entity that has been properly registered. Examples: trademarks, service marks, corporations, limited partnerships.
- Bonafide Employee – A person who is employed by a licensed motor vehicle dealer and receives annually an Internal Revenue Service Form W-2 or an independent contractor who has a written contract with a licensed motor vehicle dealer and receives annually an Internal Revenue Service Form 1099, for the purpose of acting in the capacity of or conducting motor vehicle sales transactions as a motor vehicle dealer.
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English: 16-Hour New License Auto Dealer Course
Author
Joaquin Jimenez
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