A motor vehicle dealer‘s license shall not be required for a person to sell motor vehicles to licensed automotive dismantlers and recyclers, as defined in § 55-17-102, or to registered scrap metal dealers or scrap metal processors, if:

(1) The motor vehicle has been designated by the seller as a nonrepairable vehicle, whether or not such vehicle has been issued a nonrepairable vehicle certificate; and

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 55-3-204

  • Dealer: means every person engaged in the business of buying, selling or exchanging vehicles of a type required to be registered and who has an established place of business for that purpose in this state. See Tennessee Code 55-8-101
  • Nonrepairable vehicle: includes , but is not limited to, any passenger motor vehicle which has sustained salt water damage as a result of salt water entering the passenger compartment. See Tennessee Code 55-3-201
  • Nonrepairable vehicle certificate: means a passenger motor vehicle ownership document issued by the state to the owner of a nonrepairable vehicle. See Tennessee Code 55-3-201
  • Person: means a natural person, firm, copartnership, association, corporation, or an engaged ADS. See Tennessee Code 55-8-101
  • Vehicle: means every device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, excepting devices used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks. See Tennessee Code 55-8-101
(2) The motor vehicle is being sold solely for recycling, dismantling, or scrap.
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