Pennsylvania Code › Title 67 - TRANSPORTATION › Part I - Department of Transportation › Subpart A - Vehicle Code Provisions › Article III - Registration › Chapter 53 - MANUFACTURERS, DEALERS AND MISCELLANEOUS MOTOR VEHICLE BUSINESSES REGISTRATION PLATES › Section 53.2 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
						have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
						otherwise:
Dealer
-A person who maintains an
						established place of business and who is engaged in the business of buying,
						selling or exchanging vehicles, including but not limited to passenger cars,
						trucks, implements of husbandry, special mobile equipment and trailers.
Dealer plate
-A registration plate issued
						to a dealer or manufacturer which may be displayed on vehicles owned or in
						possession of the dealer or manufacturer in lieu of registering each vehicle
						individually.
Established place of business
-A
						permanent enclosed building which is accessible and open to the public at all
						reasonable times and at which the business of a dealer or miscellaneous motor
						vehicle business, including the display and repair of vehicles, may be lawfully
						conducted in accordance with the terms of applicable building codes, zoning and
						other land-use regulatory ordinances.
Financier or collector-repossessor
-A
						person who is authorized to do business in this Commonwealth as a financier or
						collector-repossessor and who is regularly engaged in the business of financing
						sales, making loans on the security of vehicles or repossessing vehicles which
						are the subject of installment sales contracts as an independent
						contractor.
Immediate family
-A spouse or child of
						the registrant or a parent, brother or sister of the registrant who lives in
						this same residence as the registrant.
Licensed dealer
-A dealer licensed by the
						State Board of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers, Dealers and Salespersons.
Manufacturer
-A person engaged in the
						business of constructing or assembling vehicles or motors or bodies of
						vehicles.
Miscellaneous motor vehicle business
-A
						vehicle salvage dealer, transporter, financier or collector/repossessor, or a
						person who maintains an established place of business and who is engaged in the
						business of repair, service or towing of motor vehicles including but not
						limited to passenger cars, trucks, implements of husbandry and special mobile
						equipment.
Miscellaneous motor vehicle business
						plate
-A registration plate issued to a miscellaneous motor vehicle
						business which may be displayed on vehicles owned or in possession of the
						business in lieu of registering each vehicle individually.
Officer
-A president, vice president,
						secretary or treasurer of a corporation.
Registered dealer
-A dealer registered by
						the Department under §
											53.3(b) (relating
						to issuance of plates).
Transporter
-A person regularly engaged
						in the business of transporting new vehicles or new and used trailers on their
						own wheels, owned by or in possession of a registered dealer.
Vehicle salvage dealer
-A person who
						maintains an established place of business and who is engaged in the business
						of buying or selling parts or buying, selling or exchanging used, wrecked or
						abandoned vehicles and junkers for the purpose of remodeling, taking apart or
						rebuilding them.