Arizona Laws 28-4405. Display of license; continuation date; late penalty
A. A license issued under this chapter:
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 28-4405
- Broker: means a person who for any fee, commission or other valuable consideration offers to provide, provides or represents that the person will provide a service of arranging or assisting in effecting the purchase of a motor vehicle and who is not:
(a) A new motor vehicle dealer or an employee or agent of a new motor vehicle dealer. See Arizona Laws 28-4301
- Dealer: means a person who is engaged in the business of buying, selling or exchanging motor vehicles, trailers or semitrailers and who has an established place of business and has paid fees pursuant to section 28-4302. See Arizona Laws 28-101
- Department: means the department of transportation acting directly or through its duly authorized officers and agents. See Arizona Laws 28-101
- Director: means the director of the department of transportation. See Arizona Laws 28-101
- Motor vehicle: means an automobile, motor bus, motorcycle, truck or truck tractor or any other self-propelled vehicle, trailer or semitrailer. See Arizona Laws 28-4301
- Motor vehicle dealer: means a new motor vehicle dealer, a used motor vehicle dealer, a public consignment auction dealer, a broker or a wholesale motor vehicle auction dealer, excluding a person who comes into possession of a motor vehicle as an incident to the person's regular business and who sells, auctions or exchanges the motor vehicle. See Arizona Laws 28-4301
1. Shall be conspicuously displayed in either:
(a) The established place of business for which it was obtained.
(b) The place of business if the licensee is a broker or a wholesale vehicle dealer.
2. Is not transferable or subject to sale or reassignment.
B. The director may issue licenses with staggered continuation dates to distribute the continuation workload as uniformly as practicable throughout the twelve months of the calendar year. In order to initiate a staggered license continuation system, the director may issue a license for more or less than a twelve-month period, but not more than eighteen months, and may prorate the license fee.
C. A motor vehicle dealer licensee shall submit its renewal application, evidence of its current transaction privilege tax license and applicable renewal fees to the department of transportation on or before the license continuation date. For the purposes of renewal, the license continuation date is as follows:
1. If the motor vehicle dealer is also a licensed dealer pursuant to Title 44, Chapter 2.1, the date prescribed by the initial licensing department, either the department of transportation or the department of insurance and financial institutions.
2. If the motor vehicle dealer is not also a licensed dealer pursuant to Title 44, Chapter 2.1, the date prescribed by the department of transportation.
D. If a licensee fails, neglects or refuses to pay the required fee for the ensuing year on or before the license continuation date, the fee is delinquent and a penalty equal to the fee shall be added to the fee and collected.