Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 65 - Motor Vehicle Auctions › Section 14-65-2 - Dealer to dealer auction, and auctions to which the public is admitted

Current through July 10, 2024
The following provisions shall apply to both dealer to dealer
				auctions and to dealer to public auctions:
(a) Each auction dealer shall provide at the
			 auction location sufficient parking area to accommodate all motor vehicles to
			 be sold and convenient parking for the motor vehicles of persons in attendance
			 at the auction.
(b) The auction
			 dealer's permit issued by the commissioner shall be conspicuously displayed at
			 the dealer's auction location.
(c)
			 Auctions shall be advertised and conducted in the name under which the dealer's
			 license and auction permits are issued.
(d) Auction dealers shall obtain an auction
			 permit from the commissioner prior to each auction. Where auctions are held on
			 a regular schedule, the commissioner may issue permits for periods of up to six
			 (6) months in advance. The commissioner may assign an inspector or inspectors
			 or other employee or employees to each auction. If the commissioner chooses to
			 assign an inspector or inspectors or other employee or employees to attend an
			 auction, the auction dealer shall reimburse the commissioner for each
			 inspector's services in an amount, which represents the total salary, including
			 the cost of benefits, for the hours in attendance of each inspector or employee
			 assigned to attend said auction.
(e) Vehicles with title brands, or vehicles
			 sold true mileage unknown (TMU), shall be announced as such by the auction
			 dealer. Such vehicles shall pass inspection as required by section
			 14-103a
			 of the general statutes prior to registration.
(f) No auction dealer may sell any motor
			 vehicle having a certificate of title branded "salvage parts only", or
			 equivalent, except to a person, corporation, firm or other business licensed by
			 the department under the provisions of Part III (h) of Chapter 246 of the
			 general statutes, or a licensee under a similar statute in another state or
			 jurisdiction. A totaled or salvaged motor vehicle with a certificate of title
			 stamped "salvage parts only" shall be sold at auction separately from other
			 motor vehicles.
(g) Each auction
			 dealer is responsible for completing and providing to the purchaser of a motor
			 vehicle at an auction the documentation required by law. Such documents shall
			 include the name and complete address, including street, town, state and zip
			 code, of the last owner to whom the vehicle was registered, the state in which
			 it was registered and the mileage displayed on the odometer of such motor
			 vehicle. The dealer shall retain a copy of the documents so prepared for a
			 period of at least three (3) years. The documents shall include a properly
			 endorsed certificate of title where so required by law.
(h) All vehicles offered for sale shall have
			 a verifiable vehicle identification number (VIN), conforming with commercial
			 standards, or a state issued VIN in the case of abandoned or composite
			 vehicles, or other vehicles which do not have a factory VIN number. Any vehicle
			 bearing a VIN number which has been altered shall not be sold, except where
			 such vehicle has been inspected by, and its sale approved by an inspector of
			 the department.