2016 California Code
Business and Professions Code - BPC
DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 1 - Automobiles
Section 18402.
18402. As used in this chapter:
(a) Person means any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association, trustee, receiver or assignee for the benefit of creditors.
(b) Sell, sold, buy, and purchase include exchange, barter, gift, and offer of contract to sell or buy.
(c) Manufacturer means (i) any person who is engaged, directly or indirectly, in the manufacture of motor vehicles, and (ii) any other person directly or indirectly owned by him who is engaged in the sale or distribution of motor vehicles or any interest therein at wholesale.
(d) Retailer means any person who is engaged or who intends to engage in the business of selling motor vehicles at retail in this state.
(e) Lender means any person other than an automobile dealer or automobile distributor who is engaged in the business of financing the purchase or sale of motor vehicles or of buying conditional sales contracts, chattel mortgages or leases on motor vehicles sold at retail within this state.
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1010, Sec. 21. Effective January 1, 1995.)
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