No recreational vehicle dealer may be issued or allowed to maintain a recreational vehicle dealer's license unless:
(1) The dealer maintains a bona fide place of business for selling or exchanging recreational vehicles, which must be the principal business conducted from the location. A bona fide place of business includes a permanent, enclosed building, not excluding a permanently installed mobile home containing at least ninety-six square feet of floor space, occupied by the owner or operator and easily accessible by the public, at which a permanent business of bartering, trading, or selling recreational vehicles or displaying vehicles for bartering, trading, or selling is conducted, wherein the public may contact the owner or operator at all reasonable times and in which must be kept and maintained the books, records, and files required by this chapter.
(2) The business must display a permanent sign identifying the business with letters at least six inches in height, clearly readable from the nearest major avenue of traffic.
(3) The business must have a reasonable area or lot to properly display recreational vehicles.
HISTORY: 2017 Act No. 51 (S.321), Section 1, eff November 19, 2017.
Editor's Note
2017 Act No. 51,Sections 6, 7, provide:
"SECTION 6. The department is authorized to promulgate regulations for the enforcement of the provisions of Chapter 14, Title 56.
"SECTION 7. This act takes effect six months after approval by the Governor and applies to manufacturer/dealer agreements entered into on or after July 1, 2018."
Structure South Carolina Code of Laws
Chapter 14 - Regulation Of Manufacturers, Distributors And Dealers Of Recreational Vehicles
Section 56-14-10. Definitions.
Section 56-14-20. Persons subject to chapter and jurisdiction of courts; service of process.
Section 56-14-25. Applicability to park model trailers.
Section 56-14-30. License for dealer; exhibition license; fees; penalties.
Section 56-14-60. Records of transfers; organization; penalties.
Section 56-14-70. Denial, suspension, or revocation of license.
Section 56-14-80. Manufacturer/dealer agreement.
Section 56-14-105. Manufacturer's repurchase of new recreational vehicles and accessories.
Section 56-14-130. Indemnification; violations of this chapter.
Section 56-14-140. Procedures for new recreational vehicles damaged prior to transit to dealer.
Section 56-14-150. Coercion by manufacturers prohibited.
Section 56-14-160. Civil actions; venue; demand for mediation; injunctions.