2011 Vermont Code
Title 23 Motor Vehicles
Chapter 7 REGISTRATION
§ 473 Penalties

§ 473. Penalties

(a) No person shall engage in the business of buying, selling, or offering for sale motor vehicles as defined in this subchapter except for vehicles that are to be scrapped, dismantled, or destroyed without a dealer registration and obtaining dealer plates in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter. A person who violates this section shall be subject to the penalties established pursuant to section 475 of this title. For the purpose of the subchapter "engaged in the business" means selling 12 or more pleasure cars or motor trucks owned but not registered by the seller except for vehicles that are to be scrapped, dismantled, or destroyed. "Engaged in the business" shall also mean selling, during the immediately preceding registration year, 12 or more pleasure cars or trucks which have been in lease or rental service and persons so engaged shall meet all obligations required of dealers.

(b) A person who misrepresents himself or herself as a dealer in the purchase, sale or exchange of a motor vehicle without obtaining a license or after the cancellation, suspension or revocation of the dealer's license shall be subject to the penalties established pursuant to section 475 of this title. (Added 1965, No. 204, { 7; 1985, No. 12, { 2; amended 1987, No. 190 (Adj. Sess.), { 7; 1989, No. 204 (Adj. Sess.), { 2; 1999, No. 31, { 11.)