ARTICLE 1. Issuance of Licenses and Certificates to Manufacturers, Transporters, and Dealers

Article 1 enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3.

§§ 11700–11740 · 82 sections

• § 11700 No person shall act as a dealer, remanufacturer, manufacturer, or transporter, or as a manufacturer branch, remanufacturer branch, distributor, or distributor…
• § 11700.1 A dealer who does not have an established place of business in this state but who is currently authorized to do business as, and who has an established place…
• § 11700.2 A dealer who obtains an autobroker’s endorsement to his or her dealer’s license is subject to all of the licensing, advertising, and other statutory and…
• § 11700.3 No person may aid and abet a person in the performance of any act in violation of this chapter.
• § 11701 Every manufacturer, manufacturer branch, remanufacturer, remanufacturer branch, distributor, distributor branch, transporter, or dealer of vehicles of a type…
• § 11702 The department may issue, or for reasonable cause shown, refuse to issue a license to any applicant applying for a manufacturer's, manufacturer’s branch,…
• § 11703 The department may refuse to issue a license to a manufacturer, manufacturer branch, remanufacturer, remanufacturer branch, distributor, distributor branch,…
• § 11703.1 Any of the causes specified in this chapter as a cause to suspend or revoke the license issued to a dealer, manufacturer, manufacturer branch, remanufacturer,…
• § 11703.2 The department may refuse to issue a license to a manufacturer, manufacturer branch, remanufacturer, remanufacturer branch, distributor, distributor branch,…
• § 11703.3 A person whose license has been revoked or whose application for a license has been denied may reapply for a license after a period of not less than one year…
• § 11703.4 The department may refuse to issue a license to a dealer when it determines that an applicant for a dealer’s license has failed to effectively endorse an…
• § 11704 (a) Every applicant who applies for a license pursuant to Section 11701 shall submit an application to the department on the forms prescribed by the…
• § 11704.5 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (e), every person who applies for a dealer’s license pursuant to Section 11701 for the purpose of transacting sales of…
• § 11704.7 Every person who applies to the department to take or retake the examination required under Section 11704.5 shall pay to the department a fee of sixteen…
• § 11705 (a) The department, after notice and hearing, may suspend or revoke the license issued to a dealer, transporter, manufacturer, manufacturer branch,…
• § 11705.4 (a) The department, after notice and hearing, may suspend or revoke the license issued to a dealer, transporter, manufacturer, manufacturer branch,…
• § 11706 The department may, pending a hearing, temporarily suspend the license and special plates issued to a manufacturer, manufacturer branch, remanufacturer,…
• § 11707 (a) After the filing of an accusation under this article, the director may enter into a stipulated compromise settlement agreement with the consent of the…
• § 11708 (a) Upon refusal of the department to issue a license and special plates to a manufacturer, manufacturer branch, remanufacturer, remanufacturer branch,…
• § 11709 (a) A dealer’s established place of business, and other sites or locations as may be operated and maintained by the dealer in conjunction with his or her…
• § 11709.1 Every dealer who displays or offers one or more used vehicles for sale at retail shall post a notice not less than 8 inches high and 10 inches wide, in a place…
• § 11709.2 (a) Every dealer shall conspicuously display a notice, not less than 8 inches high and 10 inches wide, in each sales office and sales cubicle of a dealer’s…
• § 11709.3 (a) Every dealer shall clearly and conspicuously display in its showroom at its established place of business, in a place that is easily accessible to…
• § 11709.4 (a) When a dealer purchases or obtains a vehicle in trade in a retail sale or lease transaction and the vehicle is subject to a prior credit or lease balance,…
• § 11710 (a) Before any dealer’s or remanufacturer’s license is issued or renewed by the department to any applicant therefor, the applicant shall procure and file with…
• § 11710.1 Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 11710, the bond amount of a dealer who sells vehicles on a wholesale basis only, and who sells fewer than 25…
• § 11710.2 If a deposit is given instead of the bond required by Section 11710 both of the following apply: (a) (1) The director may order the deposit returned at the…
• § 11711 (a) If any person (1) shall suffer any loss or damage by reason of any fraud practiced on him or fraudulent representation made to him by a licensed dealer or…
• § 11711.3 A person acting as a dealer, who was not licensed as a dealer as required by this article, or a person acting as a lessor-retailer, who was not licensed as a…
• § 11712 (a) The department shall not issue a dealer’s license to any applicant therefor who has not an established place of business as defined in this code. Should…
• § 11712.5 It is unlawful and a violation of this code for a dealer issued a license pursuant to this article to sell, offer for sale, or display any new vehicle, as…
• § 11713 A holder of a license issued under this article shall not do any of the following: (a) Make or disseminate, or cause to be made or disseminated, before the…
• § 11713.1 It is a violation of this code for the holder of a dealer’s license issued under this article to do any of the following: (a) Advertise a specific vehicle for…
• § 11713.2 It shall be unlawful and a violation of this code for any manufacturer, manufacturer branch, distributor, or distributor branch licensed under this code to…
• § 11713.3 It is unlawful and a violation of this code for a manufacturer, manufacturer branch, distributor, or distributor branch licensed pursuant to this code to do,…
• § 11713.4 If a purchaser of a vehicle pays to the dealer an amount for the licensing or transfer of title of the vehicle, which amount is in excess of the actual fees…
• § 11713.5 (a) It is unlawful and a violation of this code for the holder of any license issued under this article to display for sale, offer for sale, or sell, a motor…
• § 11713.6 (a) It is unlawful and a violation of this code for the holder of any dealer’s license issued under this article to fail to disclose in writing to the buyer or…
• § 11713.7 Disclosure to a buyer that a vehicle has been remanufactured is required. Disclosure shall be accomplished by all of the following: (a) Oral notification to…
• § 11713.8 It is unlawful and a violation of this code for a remanufacturer licensed under this code to fail to do any of the following: (a) Report to the department an…
• § 11713.9 (a) It is unlawful and a violation of this code for the holder of a dealer’s license to knowingly display for sale or offer for sale any new motor vehicle…
• § 11713.10 It is unlawful and a violation of this code to sell a low-speed vehicle, as defined in Section 385.5, without disclosing to the buyer the vehicle’s maximum…
• § 11713.11 No holder of a dealer’s license shall do any of the following when conducting an auction of vehicles to the public: (a) Advertise that a vehicle will be…
• § 11713.12 (a) The decal required by subdivision (c) of Section 1793.23 of the Civil Code to be affixed by a manufacturer to a motor vehicle, shall be affixed to the left…
• § 11713.13 It is unlawful and a violation of this code for any manufacturer, manufacturer branch, distributor, or distributor branch licensed under this code to do,…
• § 11713.14 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person who purchases a vehicle that is sold through a dealer at an auction of vehicles open to the general…
• § 11713.15 (a) (1) Prior to being issued a temporary branch license for selling new recreational vehicles, as defined in Section 18010 of the Health and Safety Code, at a…
• § 11713.16 It is a violation of this code for the holder of any dealer’s license issued under this article to do any of the following: (a) Advertise any used vehicle of…
• § 11713.17 (a) Following the retail sale or lease of a motor vehicle for which the department issues two license plates, a dealer may not deliver the motor vehicle unless…
• § 11713.18 (a) It is a violation of this code for the holder of any dealer’s license issued under this article to advertise for sale or sell a used vehicle as “certified”…
• § 11713.19 (a) It is unlawful and a violation of this code for the holder of any dealer’s license issued under this article to do any of the following: (1) Negotiate the…
• § 11713.20 (a) A dealer that obtains a consumer credit score, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 1785.15.1 of the Civil Code, from a consumer credit reporting…
• § 11713.21 (a) (1) A dealer shall not sell a used vehicle, as defined in Section 665 and subject to registration under this code, at retail to an individual for personal,…
• § 11713.22 (a) Upon mutual agreement of the parties to enter into a recreational vehicle franchise, it is unlawful and a violation of this code for a manufacturer,…
• § 11713.23 (a) A recreational vehicle manufacturer, manufacturer branch, distributor, or distributor branch licensed under this code shall not sell a new recreational…
• § 11713.25 (a) A computer vendor shall not do any of the following: (1) Access, modify, or extract information from a confidential dealer computer record or personally…
• § 11713.26 (a) A dealer shall not display or offer for sale at retail a used vehicle, as defined in Section 665 and subject to registration under this code, unless the…
• § 11713.27 (a) A holder of a dealer’s license issued under this article is not in violation of paragraph (29) of subdivision (a) of Section 1770 of the Civil Code for…
• § 11713.28 (a) A motor vehicle manufacturer, or any other person, that advertises a motor vehicle manufacturer’s suggested retail price (MSRP) set by an automobile…
• § 11714 (a) The department, upon granting a license, shall issue to the applicant a license containing the applicant’s name and address and the general distinguishing…
• § 11715 (a) A manufacturer, remanufacturer, distributor, or dealer owning or lawfully possessing any vehicle of a type otherwise required to be registered under this…
• § 11716 A manufacturer, remanufacturer, transporter, distributor, or dealer, in the course of business, may operate or move any vehicle of a type otherwise required to…
• § 11717 (a) Every occupational license and special plate issued under this article shall be valid for a period of one year from midnight of the last day of the month…
• § 11718 Except where the provisions of this code require the refusal to issue a license, the department may issue a probationary license subject to conditions to be…
• § 11719 Pending the satisfaction of the department that the applicant has met the requirements under this article, it may issue a temporary permit to any person…
• § 11720 The department may issue a certificate of convenience to the executor, executrix, administrator or administratrix of the estate of a deceased holder of validly…
• § 11721 The special plates and licenses provided for in this article shall be automatically canceled upon the happening of any of the following: (a) The abandonment of…
• § 11722 Claims, against the surety upon a dealer’s bond, of a financing agency that has loaned money to a licensee or assignee thereof shall be allowed only to the…
• § 11723 The board may require that fees shall be paid to the department for the issuance or renewal of a license to do business as a new motor vehicle dealer, dealer…
• § 11724 A dealer, or the agent of a dealer, who has received a notice pursuant to Section 7507.6 of the Business and Professions Code, shall not make a subsequent…
• § 11725 (a) No person shall transport or drive any motor vehicle from this state outside of the United States with the intent to register or sell such vehicle in a…
• § 11726 Any licensee suffering pecuniary loss because of any willful failure by any other licensee to comply with any provision of Article 1 (commencing with Section…
• § 11727 The revocation or suspension of a license of a manufacturer, manufacturer branch, distributor, distributor branch, or representative may be limited to one or…
• § 11728 As part of a compromise settlement agreement entered into pursuant to Section 11707 or 11808.5, the department may assess a monetary penalty of not more than…
• § 11729 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), any dealer engaging in a consignment with an owner not licensed as a dealer, manufacturer, manufacturer branch,…
• § 11730 The consignment agreement required by Section 11729 shall contain all the following terms, phrases, conditions, and disclosures: (a) The date the agreement is…
• § 11735 (a) No dealer shall engage in brokering a retail sales transaction without first paying the fee required by subdivision (d) of Section 9262 and obtaining from…
• § 11736 It is unlawful for any dealer licensed under this article to do any of the following when brokering a retail sale: (a) Fail to execute a written brokering…
• § 11737 (a) A dealer who brokers a motor vehicle sale shall deposit directly into a trust account any purchase money, including purchase deposits, it receives from a…
• § 11738 The brokering agreement required by Section 11736 shall be printed in no smaller than 10-point type and shall contain not less than the following terms,…
• § 11739 For purposes of title registration, warranties, rebates, and incentives, in a brokered retail new motor vehicle sale, the selling, franchised new car dealer,…
• § 11740 The remedies and penalties provided in this code for a violation of this article are cumulative to the remedies and penalties provided by other laws.