2010 Pennsylvania Code
Title 75 - VEHICLES
Chapter 13 - Registration of Vehicles
1337 - Use of "Miscellaneous Motor Vehicle Business" registration plates.

     § 1337.  Use of "Miscellaneous Motor Vehicle Business"
                registration plates.
        (a)  General rule.--The department shall issue to owners of
     miscellaneous motor vehicle businesses with established places
     of business special registration plates which may be displayed
     on vehicles operated on highways in lieu of registering each
     vehicle individually. Registration plates issued under this
     section may be displayed upon vehicles only as provided for each
     of the following classes of miscellaneous motor vehicle
     business:
            (1)  For a repair or towing business:
                (i)  upon vehicles being used in the conduct of the
            repair business to retrieve, tow or deliver other
            vehicles or parts; and
                (ii)  upon vehicles being repaired.
            (2)  For a vehicle salvage dealer business:
                (i)  upon vehicles being used in the conduct of the
            vehicle salvage dealer's business to retrieve or deliver
            vehicles, vehicle hulks, parts or materials; and
                (ii)  upon vehicles being transported on their own
            wheels for the purpose of being dismantled or recycled.
            (3)  For a transporter business upon vehicles being
        transported on their own wheels in the conduct of the
        transporter business.
            (4)  For a financier or collector-repossessor business:
                (i)  upon vehicles being used to pick up vehicles
            that are being repossessed; and
                (ii)  upon vehicles being repossessed.
            (5)  For a watercraft trailer business:
                (i)  upon trailers used for the delivery of a new
            boat to its purchaser;
                (ii)  upon trailers used for the transport of a used
            boat which is to be resold by the dealer; and
                (iii)  upon trailers used for the transport of boats
            by a dealer to or from another boat dealer, warehouse,
            storage facility, boat show or repair facility or to and
            from a location where a boat is to be demonstrated,
            tested or inspected.
            (6)  For all classes of miscellaneous motor vehicle
        businesses upon vehicles used for the personal pleasure or
        use of the owner of the miscellaneous motor vehicle business
        or members of the owner's immediate family, or when the
        business is a corporation, upon vehicles used for the
        pleasure or use of not more than three officers or members of
        the officer's immediate family or for the personal use of the
        regular employees of the business when operated by the
        employee.
     All vehicles specified in paragraphs (1)(i), (2)(i), (4)(i) and
     (6) must be titled in the name of the business or family member
     and sales tax must be paid.
        (b)  Application for registration.--Application for
     registration in any of the "Miscellaneous Motor Vehicle
     Business" classes shall be made upon a form provided by the
     department and shall set forth the full name and business
     address of the applicant and such other information as the
     department shall require. The application shall be verified by
     the oath or affirmation of the applicant or, if the applicant is
     a partnership or a corporation, by a partner or officer.
        (c)  Classes of "Miscellaneous Motor Vehicle Business".--
            (1)  Repair or towing.--Any person regularly engaged in
        the business of mechanical or body repairs or towing for
        direct compensation of motor vehicles owned and operated by
        other persons.
            (2)  Vehicle salvage dealer.--Any person regularly
        engaged in the business of acquiring and dismantling used,
        wrecked, damaged, abandoned or salvage vehicles for the
        purpose of selling the usable parts and selling the remaining
        vehicle hulk materials for recycling or processing.
            (3)  Transporter.--Any person regularly engaged in the
        business of transporting new or used vehicles on their own
        wheels, owned by or in possession of a manufacturer or
        dealer.
            (4)  Financier or collector-repossessor.--Any person who
        is duly authorized by the Department of Banking to do
        business in this Commonwealth as a financier or collector-
        repossessor and who is regularly engaged in the business of
        financing sales, making loans on the security of vehicles or
        repossessing vehicles which are the subject of installment
        sales contracts as an independent contractor.
            (5)  Watercraft trailer dealer.--Any person regularly
        engaged in the business of selling watercraft and trailers
        used exclusively for the transport of the watercraft.
     (July 20, 1979, P.L.168, No.55, eff. imd.; Feb. 10, 1994,
     P.L.10, No.2, eff. 60 days)

        Cross References.  Section 1337 is referred to in sections
     1162, 7301, 7302, 7332 of this title.