1. The license fee for a motor vehicle dealer is the sum of seventy dollars for a two-year license, one hundred forty dollars for a four-year license, or two hundred ten dollars for a six-year license for the licensee's principal place of business in each city or township and an additional twenty dollars for two years, forty dollars for four years, or sixty dollars for six years for each car lot which is in the city or township in which the principal place of business is located and which is not adjacent to that place, to be paid to the department at the time a license is applied for. In case the application is denied, the department shall refund the amount of the fee to the applicant. For the purposes of this section "adjacent" means that the principal place of business and each additional lot are adjoining parcels of property.
For the purposes of this subsection, parcels of property shall be deemed to be adjacent if the parcels are only separated by an alley, street, or highway that is not a controlled-access facility.
2. A motor vehicle dealer may display new motor vehicles at fairs, vehicle shows and vehicle exhibitions. Motor vehicle dealers, in addition to selling vehicles at their principal place of business and car lots, may, upon receipt of a temporary permit approved by the department, display and offer new motor vehicles for sale and negotiate sales of new motor vehicles only at county fairs, as defined in chapter 174, vehicle shows and vehicle exhibitions which fairs, shows and exhibitions are approved by the department and are held in the county of the motor vehicle dealer's principal place of business. Application for temporary permits shall be made upon forms provided by the department and shall be accompanied by a ten dollar permit fee. Permits shall be issued for periods of not to exceed fourteen days. No sale of a motor vehicle by a motor vehicle dealer shall be completed nor any sales agreement signed at any such fair, show or exhibition. All such sales shall be consummated at the motor vehicle dealer's principal place of business.
3. A motor vehicle dealer may also, upon receipt of a temporary permit approved by the department, display and sell classic cars only at county fairs, as defined in chapter 174, vehicle shows, and vehicle exhibitions which have been approved by the department for purposes of classic car display and sale and the provisions of section 322.3, subsection 9, shall not be applicable. Application for a temporary permit shall be made on forms provided by the department and shall be accompanied by a ten dollar permit fee. A permit shall be issued for a single period of not to exceed five days. Not more than three permits may be issued to a motor vehicle dealer in any one calendar year. For purposes of this subsection, "classic car" means a motor vehicle fifteen years old or older but less than twenty years old which is primarily of value as a collector's item and not as transportation.
4. A nonresident motor vehicle dealer, who is authorized by a written contract with a manufacturer or distributor of new motor trucks to sell at retail such new motor trucks, may display motor trucks within this state at qualified events approved by the department. The dealer must obtain a temporary permit from the department. An application for a temporary permit shall be made upon a form provided by the department and shall be accompanied by a ten dollar permit fee. Permits shall be issued for a period not to exceed fourteen days. The department shall issue a temporary permit under this subsection only if the qualified event for which the permit is issued meets all of the following conditions:
a. The sale of motor vehicles is not allowed during the qualified event.
b. The qualified event is conducted in a controlled area and is not open to the public generally.
c. The qualified event generally promotes the motor truck industry.
d. The qualified event is conducted within the area of responsibility that is specified in the motor vehicle dealer's contract with the manufacturer or distributor.
A temporary permit shall not be issued under this subsection unless the state in which the nonresident motor vehicle dealer is licensed extends by reciprocity similar privileges to a motor vehicle dealer licensed by this state.
5. A manufacturer, distributor, or dealer may, upon receipt of a temporary permit approved by the department, display new ambulances, new fire vehicles, and new rescue vehicles for educational purposes only at vehicle shows and vehicle exhibitions conducted for the express purpose of educating fire and rescue personnel in new technology and techniques for fire fighting and rescue efforts. Application for temporary permits shall be made upon forms provided by the department and shall be accompanied by a ten-dollar permit fee. Permits shall be issued for a single show or exhibition, not to exceed five consecutive days.
[C39, § 5039.05; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 322.5]
92 Acts, ch 1175, § 13; 93 Acts, ch 45, § 1, 2; 93 Acts, ch 174, § 3, 4; 98 Acts, ch 1058, §1, 2; 99 Acts, ch 13, §23
Referred to in § 321.124, 322.3
Controlled-access facility, § 306A.2
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