Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Subtitle 12 - MOTOR VEHICLE ADMINISTRATION-LICENSING OF BUSINESSES AND OCCUPATION › Chapter 11.12.01 - Dealers and Salesmen › Section 11.12.01.01 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 14, July 12, 2024
A. In this
				chapter, the following terms have the meanings indicated.
B. Terms Defined.
(1) "Administration" means the Motor Vehicle
				Administration.
(2) "Advertising"
				means any oral, written, or graphic statement which offers vehicles for sale or
				which indicates the availability of vehicles, including any statements or
				representations made in any newspaper, pamphlet, circular, other publication,
				including but not limited to electronic media, radio or television, and in or
				on any notice, sign, billboard, poster, bill catalog, letter, or business
				card.
(3) "Business license" means
				a license issued by the Administration under Transportation Article, Title 15,
				Subtitles 2-3, 5, and 6, Annotated Code of Maryland.
(4) "Clear and conspicuous" means a
				statement, representation, or term differing from other statements,
				representations, or terms being made so as to be readily noticeable to the
				person to whom it is being disclosed either by its size, sound, length of time,
				color, placement in the advertisement, or the like.
(5) "Consumer goods" means, as referred to in
				these regulations, a vehicle offered for retail sale for use by individuals
				primarily for personal, family, or household purposes.
(6) "Dealer" has the meaning stated in
				Transportation Article, §
										15-101, Annotated Code
				of Maryland.
(7) "Dealer cost"
				means the total amount the dealer is invoiced by the manufacturer for a
				vehicle.
(8) "Demonstrator" means a
				vehicle:
(a) Of the current or preceding
				model year for which a title has not been issued;
(b) Which has been:
(i) Used solely by the employees, officers,
				or principals of the dealer, manufacturer, or distributor; or
(ii) Driven for purposes of customer road
				testing;
(c) Which has
				been driven more than 500 miles, excluding dealer exchange mileage;
				and
(d) Which has never been sold
				to a retail customer, subject to §K of regulation .14 of this
				chapter.
(9) "Licensee "
				means an individual or business entity licensed by the Administration under
				Transportation Article, Title 15, Subtitles 2-6, Annotated Code of
				Maryland.
(10) "Location" means the
				fixed location from which business activities are conducted and that is
				specified in the application for the business license.
(11) "Occupational license" means a vehicle
				salesman's license issued by the Administration under Transportation Article,
				Title 15, Subtitle 4, Annotated Code of Maryland.
(12) "Rebate, cash rebate, or other similar
				phrases" means a deduction granted by a dealer or manufacturer from an amount a
				purchaser pays to a dealer, or a return by a dealer or manufacturer of part of
				an amount given in payment by a purchaser to a dealer after a sale of a vehicle
				has been consummated.
(13)
				"Representative" means an employee of the business who acts on behalf of the
				licensee.
(14) "Service provider"
				has the meaning stated in Transportation Article, §
										13-610, Annotated Code
				of Maryland.
(15) "Vehicle salesman"
				has the meaning stated in Transportation Article, §
										15-101, Annotated Code
				of Maryland.