Instructions This packet contains the forms required to license a vehicle or vessel dealership in Idaho. WARNING:  As of September 1, 2022, all new applicants for a used only and wholesale dealership license must attend an 8 hour prelicensing class and pass a closed-book test. Confirmation that the class has been attended and the test has been passed must be verified before a license can be issued. To sign up for class, contact either one of our two official providers: Idaho State Independent Automobile Dealers Association at 208-463-7709 and online at www.theassociationid.com; or Independent Training Services at 208-557-4066 and online at www.IdahoDealerEducation.com. If the applicant's business is in the name of a Corporation. Limited Liability Company (LLC), Limited Partnership (LP), or Limited Liability Partnership (LLP), a copy of the Status from the Secretary of State's Office must be submitted. If the applicant is an individual company or corporation doing business under any other name, an assumed or fictitious name filing must be applied for and recorded with the Secretary of State's Office.  Submit verification of this filing with the application. A home residence that zoning has approved may NOT be used unless the dealership is either a separate building or a ground floor with a separate entrance and no entrance to the residence. Submit a certificate of liability insurance in the amount of not less than $25,000 bodily injury or death for one person, or $50,000 for two people, and $15,000 for injury or destruction of property. Submit the Employer Identification Number (EIN) issued by the Federal government. Submit the completed application, required attachments, and fees to: Dealer Services, Idaho Transportation Department, PO Box 34, Boise ID  83707-0034 Upon completion of the application process, the Dealer Licensing Unit will assign a Motor Vehicle Investigator to inspect the principal place of business for compliance with the Dealer/Salesman Licensing Act and ITD Rules. Upon initial inspection, the dealership will be required to declare their business hours. When the dealer location is in compliance, initial applicants for an Idaho Dealership License are eligible for a ninety (90) day temporary license. A permanent license will be issued pending a successful 90-day follow-up audit by a Motor Vehicle Investigator. Failure to complete all the necessary forms and supply the required information may delay this process.
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*All credit card transactions are subject to a service fee. Checklist [ ] Fees enclosed - make check payable to Idaho Transportation Department Application completed in full, with the notarized signatures of all the owners/officers/directors/members Franchises for all new vehicles/vessels sold (may not be within mileage restrictions of another matching franchised dealer) Used and Wholesale Vehicle Dealers - certification of attendance for 8-hour prelicensing class and passing test Proof of Corporate, LLC, or LLP Status from the Secretary of State's Office and a list of officers/members ￣ Proof of fictitious or assumed name recording from the Secretary of State's Office ■ Zoning approval signed ￣┐ Original signed Dealer Bond including all owners' names, corporation and/or dealership name (if not the same), and the address of the dealership location Copy of Sales Tax Number Certificate Liability Insurance Certificate (Acord 25 Form Required) EIN – Employer Identification Number Personal History form (ITD 3171) for each owner/officer/director Verification of phone number listed in a local or online directory
ITD 3170   (Rev. 5/24) dmv.idaho.gov Application Date Dealership EIN Motor Vehicle Investigator will provide plate order forms at the time of inspection Application Type (Check One) (A New Application Must be Completed for Each Type) ] New Application Ownership Change Change of Location Change of   [ ] Change of Business Name Change of Officers/Members ] Supplemental Lot License Type (Check One) Vehicle/Vessel Sales Type (Check All New Sales That Apply QR Check One Used Category) ■ Wholesale New Trailer* New Automobile/Truck* New Used ATV/UTV/MC/Snowmobile Only Only Recreational Vehicle* New Vessel* Used Vehicles (Including Trailer/ ATV/UTV/ New ATV, UTV, Motorcycle or Snowmobile* Motorcycle/Snowmobile/Vessel) ■ Retail *A copy of the franchise agreement for any new vehicle or vessel make must be e nclosed with your application. Dealership Information (Check One) (Complete All the Information Requested Below and see Instructions on Page 1) Partnership □ Individual ■ Limited Partnership (LP) ■ Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) Owner's Name(s) or Corporation/LP/LLP/LLC Name Corporation (Please submit verification of the filing.) ■ Limited Liability Company (LLC) Idaho Code 53-504 requires any business doing business as (DBA) a name other than the legal owner's name to file a Certificate of Assumed Bsiness Name with the Secretary of State's Office.  Idaho Code 53-504 exempts a corporation from this requirement, unless the corporation is using an assumed business name. Dealership or Trade Name (DBA) Street Address Mailing Address City Dealership email address Name of Person or Persons Having Legal Custody of Real Property Mailing Address City List the legal name (as shown on their driver's license) and title of each individual owner, partner, officer, member, or stockholder of the business. A Personal History form (ITD 3171) is required for each individual listed below (attach a separate sheet, if necessary). Title Name Name Name Name
Name Zoning Authorization (This section must be signed and stamped by the county or zoning authority with jurisdiction over the dealership location if this is ā new application, a change of location, or a new supplemental location. À separate authorization may be submitted.) l hereby certify, in accordance with Idaho Code 49-117(15), that the location listed above is in compliance with all county and/or city zoning and other land-use ordinances for the sale and repair of vehicles/vessels. Zoning Officer's Signature County of City of Please Use Official Stamp (If Available)
Idaho Code 49-1610 requires appointment of the Director of the Idaho Transportation Department as a legal agent for the dealership. Complete Section I if the business is an individual: Section II if it is a partnership, or Section III if it is a corporation or LLC. All owners, partners, members, or a majority of corporate officers must sign and all signatures must be notarized.
Section I  Individual
I certify under Penalty of Perjury that I am the sole owner of (Name of Business) and that all answers and information contained in this application are true and correct. Il hereby appoint the Director of the Idaho Transportation Department as my true and lawful agent for the purpose of the service  of process(es) in any action(s) that may hereafter be commenced against me and/or my dealership for alleged violations of Chapter 16 Title 49 Idaho Code. This agency shall continue during the period covered by any license that may be issued to me and so long thereafter as I may be made to answer for any violations of the aforementioned Idaho Code. (Both husband and wife must sign in this section as an "individual") Signature Signature Section II  (Check One)  □Partnership    □Limited Partnership (LP)    □Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) We certify under Penalty of Perjury that we are co-partners or members in (Name of Business) and that no other person is associated in the ownership of the business, and that all answers and information contained in this application are true and correct. We hereby appoint the Director of the Idaho Transportation Department as our true and lawful agent for the purpose of the service of process(es) in any action(s) that may hereafter be commenced against us and/or our dealership for alleged violations of Chapter 16 Title 49 Idaho Code. This agency shall continue during the period covered by any license that may be issued to us and so long thereafter as we may be made to answer for any violations of the aforementioned Idaho Code.
Section Ill  (Check One) □	Corporation ──Limited Liability Company (LLC) I/We certify under Penalty of Perjury that (Name of Business) is incorporated in the state of Idaho and is authorized to transact business in Idaho, and that all answers and information contained in this application are true and correct. I/We, as Officer(s)/Member(s) of the Corporation or LLC, hereby appoint the Director of the Idaho Transportation Department as my/our true and lawful agent for the purpose of the service of process(es) in any action(s)  that  may hereafter  be  commenced  against  my/our dealership for alleged violations of Chapter 16 Title 49 Idaho Code. This agency shall continue during the period covered by any license that may be issued to the corporation and so long thereafter as I/we may be made to answer for any violations of the aforementioned Idaho Code.

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Number_ Executed pursuant to demand for Security under the Dealer and Salesman Licensing Act, Chapter 16 Title 49 Idaho Code. KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I/we (owner's name) (dealership's name) Principal, and DBA as ,a corporation duly authorized to transact surety business in the state of Idaho are jointly and severally held and firmly bound unto the state of Idaho to indemnify persons, firms, or corporations for loss suffered by reason of violation of the conditions hereinafter contained. The amount of this bond is ($40,000 bond for all wholesale-only dealers, $20,000 bond for all retail dealers, unless selling only motorcycles, ATVs, UTVs,  or snowmobiles for which the bond is $10,000). The conditions of this obligation are that: •  The Principal shall not practice any fraud, make any fraudulent representation or violate any of the provisions of Chapter 16 Title 49 Idaho Code or r ules and regulations promulgated by the Idaho Transportation Department: or the provisions of Chapters 2, 4 and 5 Title 49 Idaho Code; Idaho Code 49-1418; Chapter 6 Title 48 Idaho Code; or federal motor vehicle safety standards or odometer fraud during the time said Principal is licensed as a dealer. • The Surety may terminate this bond in its entirety by giving 30 days written notice by certified mail to the Idaho Transportation Department in Boise, Idaho.  A copy of said notice of termination shall be sent by certified mail by the Surety to the Principal hereunder. In such cancellation by the Surety, no further obligation shall be incurred under this bond after the expiration of said 30 days, but the liability of the Surety shall apply as above set out as to any acts or omissions that may have occurred prior to the effective date of such cancellation. •  The aggregate liability of the Surety shall be limited to the amount of this bond, regardless of the number of years this bond shall remain in effect and regardless of the number and amount of claims made thereon. The above-named Principal may be issued a dealer's license, pursuant to the provisions of the Dealer and Salesman Licensing Act, Chapter 16 Title 49 Idaho Code.
Acknowledgement of Surety STATE OF COUNTY OF day of _________, before me, a Notary Public in and for said county, personally On this , personally known to me, who being appeared personally sworn, did say that (s)he is the duly sworn representative of the __ a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the state of , that the seal affixed to the foregoing instrument is the corporate seal of said corporation, that the said instrument was signed, sealed, and executed on behalf of said corporation by authority of its Board of Directors, and further acknowledges that said instrument and the execution thereof be the voluntary act and deed of said corporation. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official seal the day and year last above written. Notary Public Signature X (SEAL) Residing at My commission expires