Definición de Desmanteladores de Automóviles en California

Explicación Simple

Un desmantelador de automóviles es alguien que compra y desmantela coches para vender sus piezas. No se aplica a quienes desmantelan solo unos pocos coches de manera ocasional.

Es como un chef que descompone un pollo para usar cada parte en diferentes platillos, pero no cuenta si solo lo hace una vez al mes con un pollo personal.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan tiene un taller de autos. Si compra varios coches viejos para desmantelarlos y vender las piezas, él sería considerado un desmantelador de automóviles. Pero si solo desarma su coche personal viejo para repararlo, no entra en esta categoría.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

Vehicle Code - VEH DIVISION 1. WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED [100 - 681] ( Division 1 enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3. ) 220. (a) An “automobile dismantler” is a person not otherwise expressly excluded by Section 221 who is engaged in the business of buying, selling, or dealing in vehicles of a type required to be registered under this code, including nonrepairable vehicles, for the purpose of dismantling the vehicles, who buys or sells the integral parts and component materials thereof, in whole or in part, or deals in used motor vehicle parts. This section does not apply to the occasional and incidental dismantling of vehicles by dealers who have secured dealer plates from the department for the current year whose principal business is buying and selling new and used vehicles, or by owners who desire to dismantle not more than three personal vehicles within any 12-month period. (b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), “automobile dismantler” includes a person not otherwise expressly excluded by Section 221 who keeps or maintains on real property owned by the person, or under their possession or control, either of the following vehicles or catalytic converters, whether for the purpose of resale of used parts, for the purpose of reclaiming for use some or all of the materials, whether metal, glass, fabric, or otherwise, or to dispose of them, or for any other purpose: (1) Two or more unregistered motor vehicles no longer intended for, or in condition for, legal use on the highways. (2) Nine or more used catalytic converters that have been cut from a motor vehicle using a sharp implement. (c) (1) Notwithstanding paragraph (2) of subdivision (b), a “junk dealer,” as defined in Section 21601 of the Business and Professions Code, a “recycler,” as defined in Section 21605 of the