New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 21 - LICENSING SERVICE › Subchapter 15 - NEW JERSEY LICENSED MOTOR VEHICLE DEALERS AND LEASING DEALERS › Section 13:21-15.9 - Temporary registrations issued by licensed motor vehicle dealers and leasing dealers for vehicles that are to be permanently registered in New Jersey

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) A licensee
				authorized to issue temporary registrations by the Commission, may, in
				accordance with this section, issue a temporary registration for a new or used
				vehicle to a person or entity that has purchased or leased said vehicle from
				such dealer or leasing dealer provided that said vehicle is to be permanently
				registered in New Jersey. A bona fide sale or lease of such vehicle is a
				prerequisite to the issuance of a temporary registration. Temporary
				registrations may be issued for passenger vehicles, noncommercial trucks, laden
				or unladen non-apportioned commercial vehicles, motorcycles, and motorized
				bicycles, and may be issued for either initial or transfer registrations. If
				the registrant is not transferring a registration as permitted by
				N.J.S.A.
				39:3-30, the temporary registration shall
				serve as both a temporary registration and marker (license plate).
(b) Licensees selling and/or leasing fewer
				than four vehicles permanently registered in New Jersey through a retail sale
				or lease in their first 12 months of operation, or any 12-month period
				thereafter, are not authorized to issue temporary registrations.
1. Licensees who have been issued their
				initial license and are in their first 12 months of operation will be eligible
				to issue temporary registrations. At the end of a licensee's first 12 months of
				operation, the licensee shall submit the retail sales and/or lease contracts,
				or other documentation deemed necessary by the Commission, to determine whether
				the licensee sold and/or leased at least four vehicles that were permanently
				registered in New Jersey during the licensee's first 12 months of
				operation.
2. Upon request from the
				Commission, the licensee shall provide documentation of its previous year's
				retail sales and/or leases and New Jersey registration records. Licensees not
				meeting the required minimum of four retail sales or leases per year may have
				their authorization to issue temporary registrations revoked by the
				Commission.
3. For the purpose of
				this subsection only, and pursuant to the definitions as found in
				N.J.S.A.
				39:1-1 et seq., the sale of motorized bikes,
				all-terrain vehicles, dirt bikes, snowmobiles, motor-drawn vehicles, trailers,
				specialty vehicles, low-speed vehicles, or mobile or manufactured homes as
				defined in
				N.J.S.A.
				52:27D-121, or any other non-traditional
				vehicle that is not required to have a motor vehicle dealer license issued by
				the Commission or not permitted to be used on public roads or highways does not
				count toward the sale and registration minimum required to obtain or maintain
				authorization to issue temporary registrations as required in this
				subsection.
4. A licensee not
				meeting the requirements to obtain or maintain authorization to issue temporary
				registrations will be notified in writing by the Commission and given an
				opportunity to request a hearing pursuant to
				N.J.A.C.
				13:21-15.14.
5. Upon written application and sufficient
				proof of minimum retail sales and/or leases, a licensee's authorization to
				issue temporary registrations may be reinstated by the Commission.