Arizona Laws 28-4533. Dealer’s certificate; dealer license plates; fees
A. A dealer may apply to the department, on a form provided for that purpose, for a dealer’s certificate containing a general distinguishing number. If the applicant is a dealer in new motor vehicles, trailers or semitrailers, the applicant shall submit satisfactory proof that the applicant is a duly authorized distributor or dealer for a manufacturer.
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 28-4533
- Dealer: means a new motor vehicle dealer, a used motor vehicle dealer or a wholesale motor vehicle dealer. See Arizona Laws 28-4531
- 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
- Distributor: means a person who either:
(a) Sells or distributes new motor vehicles to new motor vehicle dealers in this state. See Arizona Laws 28-4301
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Evidence: includes both of the following:
(a) A display on a wireless communication device of a department-generated driver license, nonoperating identification license, vehicle registration card or other official record of the department that is presented to a law enforcement officer or in a court or an administrative proceeding. See Arizona Laws 28-101
- Manufacturer: means a person engaged in the business of manufacturing motor vehicles, trailers or semitrailers or a person engaged in the manufacture of integrated automotive systems and modules that are being tested at or in conjunction with a facility located in this state. See Arizona Laws 28-4531
- Month: means a calendar month unless otherwise expressed. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- 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
- Motorcycle: means a motor vehicle that has a seat or saddle for the use of the rider and that is designed to travel on not more than three wheels in contact with the ground but excludes a tractor, an electric bicycle, an electric miniature scooter, an electric standup scooter and a moped. See Arizona Laws 28-101
- Used motor vehicle: means a motor vehicle that has been sold, bargained, exchanged or given away or the title to the motor vehicle has been transferred from the person who first acquired the vehicle from the manufacturer, or importer, dealer or agent of the manufacturer or importer, and that has been placed in bona fide consumer use. See Arizona Laws 28-4301
- Wholesale motor vehicle dealer: means a person who sells used motor vehicles only to licensed motor vehicle dealers. See Arizona Laws 28-4301
B. The department may issue dealer license plates to each dealer as follows:
1. For new motor vehicle dealers, not more than one hundred fifty dealer license plates.
2. For used motor vehicle dealers, not more than fifteen dealer license plates plus one additional license plate for every fifty vehicles that are sold based on reported sales in the previous license year.
3. For wholesale motor vehicle dealers, not more than two dealer license plates plus one additional license plate for every fifty vehicles that are sold based on reported sales in the previous license year. All of the following requirements apply to dealer license plates issued pursuant to this paragraph:
(a) Before the wholesale motor vehicle dealer‘s license continuation date, the wholesale motor vehicle dealer must submit evidence satisfactory to the department that the wholesale motor vehicle dealer has sold at least ten vehicles to one or more licensed new or used motor vehicle dealers in the previous license year.
(b) If the wholesale motor vehicle dealer does not submit the evidence prescribed in subdivision (a) of this paragraph, the department shall cancel the dealer license plates issued to the wholesale motor vehicle dealer.
(c) The department shall not issue more than ten dealer license plates to a wholesale motor vehicle dealer pursuant to this paragraph.
C. The department, on granting the application, shall issue to the applicant a certificate containing the applicant’s name and address and the general distinguishing number assigned to the applicant and the dealer license plates for which the applicant applied on payment of the fee provided in this section.
D. The fee for each license plate or pair of license plates issued to a dealer is:
1. $30, if the dealer is not a motorcycle dealer.
2. $10, if the dealer is a motorcycle dealer.
E. The director may recall, redesign and reissue dealer license plates pursuant to this article. The plate or pair of plates issued shall contain a number or symbol distinguishing them from every other plate or pair of plates issued to the same dealer. The director shall not allow a request for dealer license plates to be combined with a request for a personalized special plate issued pursuant to section 28-2406. Reissued dealer license plates shall be distributed as determined by the director.
F. The right to use a dealer license plate issued terminates at midnight on the last day of the month in which the plate fees are due unless the plate fees for the following year are paid.
G. A dealer who applies for and obtains dealer license plates shall comply with chapter 9 of this title.