(a) Requirements to be met before issuance of dealer‘s and auction‘s license.

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 437-11

  • Auction: means any person engaged in the business of selling only motor vehicles by means of bidding at a public or private sale, but excludes an auctioneer and any person referred to in paragraph (1), (2), (4), or (5) in the definition of ["dealer"], or any person auctioning motor vehicles incidental to an auction of other assets, when the auctioneer or person acts in the respective capacity described in this section. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 437-1.1
  • Board: means the motor vehicle industry licensing board created by this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 437-1.1
  • Dealer: includes "auction" as defined in this section or any person or entity not expressly excluded by this chapter who sells three or more vehicles within a calendar year, or who is engaged in the business of selling, soliciting, offering, or attempting to negotiate sales, purchases, or exchanges of motor vehicles or any interest therein, including options to purchase motor vehicles. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 437-1.1
(1) The following requirements shall be met by an applicant for a dealer’s license before a license may be issued by the motor vehicle industry licensing board:

(A) The applicant has a site which will be used primarily for the purpose of selling, displaying, offering for sale, or otherwise dealing in motor vehicles;
(B) The site has a permanent building thereon suitable for the display at any one time of at least three motor vehicles having an average base of at least ninety inches; and
(C) The site has suitable sanitation facilities.
(2) The following requirements shall be met by an applicant for an auction’s license before a license may be issued by the motor vehicle industry licensing board:

(A) The applicant has a permanent site which will be used primarily for the purpose of selling, displaying, offering for sale, or otherwise dealing in motor vehicles; and
(B) The site has suitable sanitation facilities.
(b) Other related uses permissible. The site may be used for other purposes which are accessory or customarily associated with the retail sale of motor vehicles, such as maintenance operation of a repair, accessories, gasoline and oil, storage, parts, service, or paint branch or department.

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