32-7B-17 — Grounds for denial of license or application of provisions of §§ 32-7B-17.1 to 32-7B-17.6, inclusive.


     32-7B-17.   Grounds for denial of license or application of provisions of §§ 32-7B-17.1 to 32- 7B-17.6, inclusive. The department may deny any application or apply the provisions of §§ 32-7B- 17.1 to 32-7B-17.6, inclusive, on any license issued under the provisions of this chapter, for any of the following:
             (1)      Commission of fraud of willful misrepresentation in the application for or in obtaining a license;
             (2)      Conviction of a felony involving the theft of boats or other motor vehicles in the last five years;
             (3)      A violation of any law of this state that relates to dealing in boats;
             (4)      Failure to comply with any administrative rule promulgated by the department;
             (5)      Perpetration of a fraud upon any person as a result of dealing in boats;
             (6)      Failure to apply for transfers of title as required in chapters 32-3 and 42-8;
             (7)      Failure to allow department inspections, including initial and annual inspections, complaint investigations and necessary follow-up inspections;
             (8)      Misrepresentation through false, deceptive, or misleading statements with regard to the sale or financing of boats which a dealer has, or causes to have, advertised, printed, displayed, published, distributed, broadcasted, televised, or made in any manner with regard to the sale or financing of boats;
             (9)      Refusal to comply with a licensee's responsibility under the terms of a boat warranty issued by its respective manufacturer, unless such refusal is at the direction of the manufacturer;
             (10)      Failure to comply with the terms of any bona fide written, executed agreement pursuant to the sale of a boat;
             (11)      Inability to obtain or renew surety bond; or
             (12)      Failure to maintain a principal place of business.

Source: SL 1998, ch 185, § 17; SL 2005, ch 162, § 37.