§ 31-1-19. Types of business.
(a) "Applicant� means any person, firm, corporation, or association making application
under chapters 1 — 27 of this title.
(b) "Dealer� means every person engaged in the business of buying, selling, or exchanging
vehicles required to be registered under chapters 3 — 9 of this title, and who has
an established place of business for that purpose in this state.
(c) "Distributor� means every person, resident, or nonresident of this state, who sells
or distributes motor vehicles to motor vehicle dealers in this state, or who maintains
a distributor representative in this state.
(d) "Factory branch� means every branch office maintained by a manufacturer for the sale
of motor vehicles to distributors, or for the sale of motor vehicles to motor vehicle
dealers or for directing or supervising, in whole or in part, its representatives
in this state.
(e) "Factory representative� means every representative employed by a manufacturer or
by a factory branch for the purpose of making or promoting the sale of its motor vehicles,
or for supervising or contacting its dealers or prospective dealers.
(f) "Licenseeâ€� means any person receiving a license under chapters 1 — 27 of this title.
(g) "Licensor� means either the administrator, an authorized representative, or both,
who are authorized to issue a license under chapters 1 — 27 of this title.
(h) "Manufacturer� means every person engaged in the business of constructing or assembling
vehicles required to be registered under chapters 3 — 9 of this title at an established
place of business in this state.
(i) "New and unused motor vehicle dealer� means every person, firm, or corporation which
sells, solicits, or advertises the sale of new and unused motor vehicles; holds a
bona fide contract or franchise in effect with a manufacturer or distributor of the
vehicle(s) to be dealt in; maintains adequate space in the building or structure where
the established business is conducted for the display of those vehicle(s); provides
for vehicle repair and servicing; and stores parts and accessories for those motor
vehicles.
(j) "Transporter� means every person engaged in the business of delivering vehicles required
to be registered under chapter 3 of this title from a manufacturing, assembling, and
distributing plant to a point of destination or for the purpose of weighing, testing,
transporting, or delivering that vehicle, or for the purpose of moving that vehicle
in connection with making installations on or improvements to it, or for repossession
of or foreclosure of it.
(k) "Wrecker� means every person engaged in the business of wrecking or dismantling motor
vehicles for the resale of the parts or material from them.