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.
Structure Alaska Statutes
Title 8. Business and Professions
Chapter 66. Motor Vehicle Dealers and Buyers' Agents
Sec. 08.66.010. Dealers to register.
Sec. 08.66.015. Sale of motor vehicle.
Sec. 08.66.020. Application, bond, and fee.
Sec. 08.66.030. Form of application.
Sec. 08.66.040. Filing application for registration; identification of dealer.
Sec. 08.66.050. Renewal of registration.
Sec. 08.66.070. Action on bond.
Sec. 08.66.085. Insurance requirements.
Sec. 08.66.260. Buyer's agent contract required.
Sec. 08.66.270. Purchase agreement.
Sec. 08.66.280. Fees of buyer's agent.
Sec. 08.66.290. Ownership interest prohibited.
Sec. 08.66.300. Certain compensation prohibited.
Sec. 08.66.310. Dual agency prohibited.