Section 08.66.350. Definitions.

In this chapter,
        (1) "buyer's agent" means a person who does business in the state by negotiating on behalf of a buyer the purchase of a motor vehicle from a motor vehicle dealer;
        (2) "department" means the Department of Administration;
        (3) "motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle that is required to be registered under AS 28.10;
        (4) "motor vehicle dealer" or "dealer"
             (A) means
                  (i) a buyer's agent; or
                  (ii) a person, other than a manufacturer, who sells, leases, solicits, or arranges for the sale or lease of five or more motor vehicles in any 12 consecutive months, regardless of who owns the vehicles;
             (B) does not include
                  (i) a receiver, a trustee, an administrator, an executor, a guardian, or another person appointed by a court or a person performing duties as a public officer;
                  (ii) a person disposing of a motor vehicle acquired and actually used for the person's own use or for the use of a family member of the person, or acquiring a motor vehicle for the person's own use or for the use of a family member of the person if the vehicle is acquired and used in good faith and not for the purpose of avoiding the provisions of this chapter;
                  (iii) a person who sells motor vehicles as an incident of the person's principal business but who is not engaged primarily in the selling of motor vehicles;
                  (iv) an employee of an organization arranging for the purchase or lease by the organization of a vehicle for use in the organization's business;
                  (v) a publication, broadcast, or other communications media when engaged in the business of advertising, but not otherwise arranging for the sale of a motor vehicle owned by another person.

Authorities

23.10.055;45.25.990

Notes

References

18 AAC 52.990
AS 23.10.055 Exemptions; compensation of executives, administrators, and professionals.
AS 45.25.990 Definitions.

History

(Sec. 5 ch 10 SLA 1993; am E.O. No. 99 Sec. 9 (1997); am Sec. 8 ch 79 SLA 2002)