(a) Any dealer licensed under the provisions of this subpart (D) who in the opinion of the commissioner is qualified and sells or trades a passenger motor vehicle, motorcycle, camper, camp trailer or truck with a gross vehicle weight up to and including twenty-six thousand pounds to a transferee who holds a current registration certificate for a passenger motor vehicle, motorcycle, camper, camp trailer or truck with a gross vehicle weight up to and including twenty-six thousand pounds registered in this state may issue a sixty-day temporary transfer of such registration to the vehicle transferred with an official stamp issued by the commissioner, under regulations adopted by the commissioner, to such dealer. The commissioner shall charge such dealer a fee of ten dollars for each new temporary dealer transfer form furnished for the purposes of this section. No dealer may make such temporary transfer of a registration unless the transferee surrenders the current registration certificate to the dealer indicating the disposition of the vehicle described thereon in the space provided on the reverse side of such certificate and unless the transferee is eighteen years of age or older. The dealer shall, within five days from the issuance of such temporary registration, submit to the commissioner an application together with all necessary documents for a permanent registration for the vehicle transferred. No such temporary registration may be issued if the transferred passenger motor vehicle, motorcycle, camper, camp trailer or truck with a gross vehicle weight up to and including twenty-six thousand pounds is used and was not previously registered in this state unless the inspection requirements of section 14-12 have been met or, if such motor vehicle is ten or more years old, unless the inspection requirements of section 14-16a have been met, or if such motor vehicle has been declared a total loss by an insurance company, unless the inspection requirements of section 14-103a have been met.

      (b) The commissioner may require any dealer who is authorized to issue a temporary transfer of registration in accordance with subsection (a) of this section or a new registration in accordance with subsection (c) of section 14-12 to file each application for a permanent registration by electronic transmission of an electronic record if the commissioner determines that the dealer files, on average, twenty-five or more such applications for permanent registration each month with the Department of Motor Vehicles. The provisions of this subsection do not preclude any such dealer from filing an application for a permanent registration in person at any branch office of the department.