Ch. 71

1997 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(i) A public official who sells or disposes of vehicles in the
performance of his official duties;

(ii) An insurance company, finance company, bank, or other lending
institution licensed or otherwise authorized to do business in this State that, to save it
from loss, sells or disposes of vehicles under a contractual right and in the regular course
of its business;

(iii) A licensed auctioneer acting on behalf of a seller, secured party or
owner and where title does not pass to the auctioneer and the auction is not for the
purpose of avoiding the provisions of this title;

(iv) A receiver, trustee, personal representative, or other person
appointed by or acting under the authority of any court;

(v) Either a manufacturer or distributor who sells or distributes
vehicles to licensed dealers or a person employed by a manufacturer or distributor to
promote the sale of the vehicles of the manufacturer or distributor, if that manufacturer,
distributor, or person does not sell vehicles to retail buyers;

(vi) A person who sells or disposes of vehicles acquired and used for
personal or business use and not for the purpose of avoiding the provisions of this title, if
that person is not engaged in buying, selling, or exchanging vehicles as a business;

(vii) An automotive dismantler and recycler who during the normal
course of business acquires a salvage vehicle and transfers the vehicle on a salvage
certificate. However, if the automotive dismantler and recycler rebuilds and sells more
than 5 vehicles during a 12-month period to a person other than another automotive
dismantler and recycler or licensed dealer, the automotive dismantler and recycler must
be licensed as a dealer under § 15-302 of this subtitle; [or]

(viii) A person engaged in the leasing of motor vehicles under leases not
intended as security; OR

(IX) A PERSON ENGAGED EXCLUSIVELY IN THE SALE OF CLASS C
(FUNERAL AND AMBULANCE) VEHICLES TO LICENSED FUNERAL ESTABLISHMENTS.

15-304.

(b) (1) As to trailers, semitrailers, motorcycles, CLASS C (FUNERAL AND
AMBULANCE) VEHICLES, or emergency vehicles as defined in § 11-118(2), (5), and (6) of
this article, the sale of these vehicles need not be the only or principal business conducted
from the fixed location, but shall be subject to any reasonable location requirements
determined by the Administration by rule or regulation.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1997.

Approved April 8, 1997.

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