Vermont Statutes
Chapter 7 - Registration
§ 473. When registration is allowed, required; penalties

§ 473. When registration is allowed, required; penalties
(a) A person shall not engage in the business of selling or exchanging vehicles or motorboats, as defined in subdivision 4(8) of this title, without a dealer registration and obtaining dealer plates or motorboat registrations in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter and, if applicable, section 3204, 3305, or 3504 of this title. A person may register as a dealer only if he or she is engaged in the business of selling or exchanging vehicles or motorboats as defined in subdivision 4(8) of this title or, in the case of an initial registration, if the person’s reasonable estimate of expected sales or exchanges satisfies the minimum thresholds under subdivision 4(8) of this title. A person who violates this section shall be subject to the penalties established pursuant to section 475 of this title.
(b) A person who misrepresents himself or herself as a dealer in the purchase, sale, or exchange of a vehicle or motorboat without registering as a dealer, or after the cancellation, suspension, or revocation of the dealer’s registration, or who makes misrepresentations to the Department in order to qualify for registration, shall be subject to the penalties established pursuant to section 475 of this title. (Added 1965, No. 204, § 7; 1985, No. 12, § 2; amended 1987, No. 190 (Adj. Sess.), § 7; 1989, No. 204 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 1999, No. 31, § 11; 2015, No. 50, § 2.)

Structure Vermont Statutes

Vermont Statutes

Title 23 - Motor Vehicles

Chapter 7 - Registration

§ 301. Persons required to register

§ 302. Period of registration

§ 303. Application required

§ 304. Registration certificates; number plates; vanity and other special plates

§ 304a. Special registration plates and placards for individuals with disabilities

§ 304b. Conservation motor vehicle registration plates

§ 304c. Motor vehicle registration plates: Building Bright Spaces for Bright Futures Fund

§ 305. Registration periods

§ 306. Title to number plates

§ 307. Carrying of registration certificate; replacement and corrected certificates

§ 308. Suspension, revocation, and denial of registration; reinstatement fee

§ 309. Registering motor vehicle of which applicant is not the owner

§ 310. Loaning or permitting the use of number plates

§ 311. Permits for nonregisterable vehicles

§ 312. Temporary registration pending issuance of certificate of title

§ 313. Commercial vehicle operation; denial of registration

§ 314. Commercial motor vehicles; registration; suspension or revocation

§ 321. Procedure upon transfer

§ 322. Failure to return certificate upon sale of vehicle

§ 323. Transfer fees

§ 324. Use of old number plates

§ 325. Refund of part of old registration fee

§ 326. Refund upon loss of vehicle

§ 327. Refund when plates not used

§ 329. Refunds paid from motor vehicle fees

§ 330. Transferring number plates

§ 361. Pleasure cars

§ 362. Specialized fuel motor vehicles and motor buses

§ 363. Converted motor vehicle

§ 364. Motorcycles

§ 364a. Motor-driven cycles: registration; financial responsibility

§ 364b. All-surface vehicles; registration

§ 365. Hearse or ambulance

§ 367. Trucks

§ 367a. Special purpose truck plates; penalties

§ 367b. Use of wreckers

§ 368. Misuse of farm registration

§ 369. Tractors other than farm tractors

§ 370. Farm trucks, tractors, and trailers

§ 371. Trailer and semi-trailer

§ 371a. Exemptions from registration

§ 372. Motor bus

§ 372a. Local transit public transportation service

§ 373. Exhibition vehicles; year of manufacture plates

§ 374. Jitney

§ 376. State, municipal, fire department, and rescue organization motor vehicles

§ 377. Government-owned vehicles

§ 378. Veterans’ exemptions

§ 381. Fees turned over to State Treasurer

§ 382. Diesel-powered pleasure cars

§ 414. Special permits for foreign public utilities

§ 415. Nondiesel fuel user’s license

§ 416. Suspension and revocation

§ 420. Motor truck defined

§ 421. Penalties

§ 450. Definition

§ 450a. Dealer registration; eligibility

§ 451. Dealer’s certificate

§ 452. Expiration

§ 453. Fees and number plates

§ 454. Dealer’s use of vehicles or motorboats

§ 455. Use by others than dealer

§ 456. Employees’ use of vehicles, motorboats restricted

§ 457. Temporary plates

§ 458. Temporary plate on sold or exchanged vehicles

§ 459. Notice, application, and fees to Commissioner

§ 460. Dealer’s use of temporary plates restricted

§ 461. Destruction of temporary plates

§ 462. Cancellation, revocation, or suspension of dealer’s registration

§ 463. Sale of vehicle to go out of State

§ 464. Return of number plates by dealer

§ 465. Loaning of plates, vehicles, or motorboats prohibited

§ 466. Records; custodian

§ 467. Dealer duty to report sales, return expired plates

§ 468. General prohibition

§ 472. Evidence of authorization

§ 473. When registration is allowed, required; penalties

§ 475. Administrative penalties

§ 476. Motor vehicle warranty fee

§ 491. Transporter application; eligibility; use of transporter plates

§ 492. Certificate; expiration

§ 493. Loan of plates prohibited

§ 494. Fees

§ 495. Suspension of registration

§ 496. Written records

§ 497. Rulemaking

§ 511. Manner of display

§ 512. Trailer or semi-trailer

§ 513. Misuse of plates

§ 514. Replacement number plates

§ 516. Sale of vehicle to go out of State by a person other than dealer

§ 517. Intrastate in-transit permit

§ 518. Electronic issuance of temporary plate and temporary registration