Delaware § 2504 Transfer to a dealer; transfer by a dealer

Delaware Statutes

§ 2504 — Transfer to a dealer; transfer by a dealer

Delaware § 2504

Title21

PartRegistration, Title and Licenses

Ch. 25TRANSFER OF TITLE, REGISTRATION AND LIENS

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Bluebook

Del. Code tit. 21, § 2504 (2026).

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(a)If the transferee is a dealer, the owner upon transferring a registered vehicle shall properly endorse the registration card and deliver it together with the certificate of title properly assigned to the dealer who shall immediately report such transfer to the Department. After reporting the transfer, the dealer may operate such vehicle upon the highways during the period for which it is currently registered without dealer’s plates solely for the purposes of testing, demonstrating or selling the vehicle but upon the sale of such vehicle the dealer shall endorse the name and address of the purchaser and the date of transfer upon the registration card and shall immediately give or send the card to the Department or an authorized representative thereof. The purchaser or transferee of the

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(a) If the transferee is a dealer, the owner upon transferring a registered vehicle shall properly endorse the registration card and deliver it together with the certificate of title properly assigned to the dealer who shall immediately report such transfer to the Department. After reporting the transfer, the dealer may operate such vehicle upon the highways during the period for which it is currently registered without dealer’s plates solely for the purposes of testing, demonstrating or selling the vehicle but upon the sale of such vehicle the dealer shall endorse the name and address of the purchaser and the date of transfer upon the registration card and shall immediately give or send the card to the Department or an authorized representative thereof. The purchaser or transferee of the dealer shall, before operating or permitting the operation of the vehicle upon a highway, comply with this chapter.

(b) If ownership of a vehicle held by a registered dealer for sale is transferred, the transferring dealer, without applying for a new certificate of title, may execute an assignment of title to the transferee on a dealer’s reassignment form, prescribed by the Department. Such assignment shall include a statement certifying all liens and encumbrances on the vehicle.

Every dealer, upon transferring a vehicle, shall immediately give a written notice of such transfer to the Department upon the official form provided by the Department.

(c) Dealer reassignment forms may be issued to a qualified dealer upon application for not less than 5 such forms and payment of a fee of $10 for each form.

Legislative History

36 Del. Laws, c. 10, § 15 ; Code 1935, § 5553; 43 Del. Laws, c. 244, § 9 ; 21 Del. C. 1953, § 2504; 60 Del. Laws, c. 336, § 1 ; 65 Del. Laws, c. 178, § 6 ; 68 Del. Laws, c. 156, § 60(f) ; 79 Del. Laws, c. 46, § 1