2006 New York Code - Definitions.

 
    §  616. Definitions. Whenever used in this article, unless the context
  clearly requires otherwise, the following words or terms shall have  the
  following meanings:
    1. "Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation, association
  or other legal entity.
    2.  "Motor  vehicle" means any motor vehicle as defined in section one
  hundred twenty-five of  the  vehicle  and  traffic  law  which  is  used
  primarily for personal, family or household purposes.
    3.  "Consumer"  means  the  person who purchased the part for purposes
  other than resale or any person to whom the motor vehicle on  which  the
  part  is  installed  is  transferred  during  the  term  of the warranty
  provided by section six hundred seventeen of this article and any  other
  person,  other  than a seller, entitled by the terms of such warranty to
  enforce the obligations of the warranty.
    4. "Part" means any equipment or apparatus intended for use in a motor
  vehicle, including but not limited to a new part; a part which has  been
  removed    from   another   motor   vehicle   and   modified,   rebuilt,
  remanufactured, improved, or reconditioned; and a used  part,  except  a
  used  part  which is removed from a motor vehicle and sold to a consumer
  without any attempt to improve the condition of the part  and  which  is
  clearly  marked  as  being  in  "as-is" condition.   Notwithstanding the
  above, the term "part" shall not include any equipment or apparatus used
  in repairing a motor vehicle or any component of such motor  vehicle  if
  the  repair  is regulated by article twelve-A of the vehicle and traffic
  law.
    5. "Seller" means any person who sells parts either to a  consumer  or
  to a purchaser for the purpose of resale to a consumer.
    6.  "Initial  seller"  means  the  seller  who manufactured, modified,
  rebuilt, remanufactured, improved, reconditioned or recycled the part or
  who first sold the part.
    7. "Intermediate seller" means  any  seller  other  than  the  initial
  seller.