Arizona Laws 28-4422. Resale of new motor vehicles
A motor vehicle dealer may resell a new motor vehicle if all of the following apply:
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 28-4422
- Certificate of title: means a paper document or an electronic record that is issued by the department and that indicates ownership of a vehicle. See Arizona Laws 28-101
- 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
- Importer: means a person who transports or arranges for the transportation of a foreign manufactured new motor vehicle into the United States for sale in this state. See Arizona Laws 28-4301
- Manufacturer: means any person who either:
(a) Manufactures or assembles new motor vehicles. See Arizona Laws 28-4301
- 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
- New motor vehicle: means a motor vehicle, other than a used motor vehicle, that is held either for:
(a) Sale by the franchisee who first acquired the vehicle from the manufacturer or distributor of the vehicle. See Arizona Laws 28-4301
- Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Retail consumer: means any person purchasing, leasing or acquiring or possibly purchasing, leasing or acquiring a vehicle or product, service or financing not for resale. See Arizona Laws 28-4301
1. A certificate of title is not transferred from the person who first acquired the new motor vehicle from the manufacturer or importer or agent of the manufacturer or importer.
2. The new motor vehicle is returned to the selling motor vehicle dealer.
3. The motor vehicle dealer gives written notice to the retail consumer that the vehicle was delivered to a previous purchaser.
4. The retail consumer signs an acknowledgment of receipt of the written notice prescribed by paragraph 3 and the motor vehicle dealer maintains a copy of the acknowledgment in the dealer’s records.