2017 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 31 - Housing and Redevelopment
CHAPTER 17 - MOBILE HOMES AND HOUSE TRAILERS
Section 31-17-540. Maintenance of bona fide place of business with permanent sign and adequate space.
Repealed by 2017 Act No. 51, Section 5, effective November 19, 2017.
No dealer may be issued or allowed to maintain a travel trailer dealer's license unless:
(1) The dealer maintains a bona fide established place of business for conducting the business of selling or exchanging travel trailers which must be the principal business conducted from the fixed location. A bona fide established place of business for any travel trailer dealer includes a permanent, enclosed building or structure, not excluding a permanently installed off-site constructed building containing at least ninety-six square feet of floor space, actually occupied by the applicant and easily accessible by the public, at which a permanent business of bartering, trading, or selling of travel trailers or displaying vehicles for bartering, trading, or selling is carried on, wherein the public may contact the owner or operator at all reasonable times and in which must be kept and maintained the books, records, and files required by this article. A bona fide established place of business does not mean a residence, tent, temporary stand, or other temporary quarters.
(2) The dealer's place of business must display a permanent sign with letters at least six inches in height, clearly readable from the nearest major avenue of traffic. The sign must clearly identify the licensed business.
(3) The dealer's place of business must have a reasonable area or lot to properly display travel trailers.
HISTORY: 1986 Act No. 436, Section 4.
