§ 736 — Definitions

§ 736. Definitions. As used in this article:\n 1. "Automobile broker business" means any person who, for a fee,\ncommission or other valuable consideration, regardless of whether such\nfee, commission, or consideration is paid directly by a consumer, offers\nto provide, provides, or represents that such automobile broker business\nwill provide a service of purchasing, arranging, assisting, facilitating\nor effecting the purchase or lease of an automobile as agent, broker, or\nintermediary for a consumer. "Automobile broker business" does not\ninclude any person registered as a dealer pursuant to article sixteen of\nthe vehicle and traffic law, only when operating in a manner pursuant to\nsuch registration under article sixteen of the vehicle and traffic law,\nany person registered under section four hundred fifteen-a of the\nvehicle and traffic law, only when operating in a manner described in\nsection four hundred fifteen-a of the vehicle and traffic law, an\nautomobile auctioneer, only when operating in the manner described in\nsection twenty-three of this chapter, nor any bona fide employee of a\nregistered dealer while acting for such dealer, or any person who sells,\noffers for sale or lease or acts as agent, broker or intermediary in\neffecting the purchase or lease of three or fewer automobiles in any\ncalendar year, any national service which aggregates information for\nconsumers, but does not otherwise have contact with consumers, or any\nmotor vehicle franchisor, manufacturer, distributor, distributor branch\nor factory branch registered under article sixteen of the vehicle and\ntraffic law.\n 2. "Consumer" means a natural person who is solicited to purchase or\nwho purchases the services of an automobile broker business.\n 3. "Person" includes an individual, corporation, partnership, joint\nventure, or any other business entity.\n 4. "Place of business" means a designated permanent location at which\nthe business of the automobile broker business is conducted.\n