Definición de 'Dealer' en el Código de Vehículos de Míchigan

Explicación Simple

Un 'dealer' es alguien que compra y vende muchos autos o partes de ellos en un año. Si haces esto con al menos cinco vehículos, podrías necesitar un permiso especial.

Es como cuando un amigo empieza a vender galletas. Si vende muchas en un año, necesita un permiso para hacerlo legalmente, igual que un 'dealer' con autos.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan compra y vende autos usados. En un año, compra cinco autos y los vende. Como hace esto para ganar dinero, necesita obtener un permiso de 'dealer' en Míchigan para operar legalmente.

Penalidades

Las personas sin permiso pueden enfrentar multas y sanciones legales al operar como dealers.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

MCL 257.11 - “Dealer” defined Sec. 11. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, "dealer" means a person who is 1 or more of the following: (a) A person who in a 12-month period did 1 or more of the following: (i) Engaged in the business of purchasing, selling, exchanging, brokering, leasing, or dealing in vehicles of a type required to be titled under this act. (ii) Engaged in the business of purchasing, selling, exchanging, brokering, or dealing in salvageable parts of 5 or more vehicles. (iii) Engaged in the business of buying 5 or more vehicles to sell vehicle parts or process into scrap metal. (b) A person engaged in the actual remanufacturing of engines or transmissions. (2) There is a rebuttable presumption that a person who in a 12-month period buys and sells, exchanges, brokers, leases, or deals in 5 or more vehicles, or buys and sells, exchanges, brokers, or deals in salvageable parts for 5 or more vehicles, or buys 5 or more vehicles to sell vehicle parts or to process into scrap metal is engaged in a business of being a dealer as described in subsection (1). (3) Dealer does not include any of the following: (a) A financial institution, as defined in section 10 of 1909 PA 99, MCL 129.40, or an entity wholly owned by 1 or more financial institutions. (b) A bank holding company. (c) A person who buys or sells remanufactured vehicle engine and transmission salvageable vehicle parts or who receives in exchange used engines or transmissions if the primary business of the person is the selling of new vehicle parts and the person is not engaged in any other activity that requires a dealer license under this act. (d) For purposes of dealer licensing, a person who negotiates the lease of a vehicle of a type required to be titled under this act for a lease