§ 27-14-1704 - Dealer's extra license plates.
27-14-1704. Dealer's extra license plates.
(a) Each dealer as defined in 27-14-601(a)(6) shall furnish the Director of the Department of Finance and Administration with a list of each manager, sales manager, and salesperson authorized to operate a motor vehicle to which a dealer's extra license plate issued to the dealer has been or will be attached:
(1) Upon initial application for dealer's extra license plates as provided in 27-14-1702; and
(2) Upon renewal of dealer's extra license plates as provided in 27-14-1703.
(b) The dealer's extra license plate may be used only by the dealer, manager, or salesperson of the dealer and only for the following purposes:
(1) To drive to and from work;
(2) For business or personal trips inside or outside the dealer's county of residence;
(3) To transport the vehicle; or
(4) To demonstrate the vehicle.
(c) Neither the dealer's extra license plate issued under this section nor the dealer's master plate issued under 27-14-601(a)(6) shall be used for purposes of allowing a prospective buyer to test drive a vehicle unless the dealer, manager, or salesperson of the dealer is present in the vehicle.
(d) In addition to any other penalty prescribed by this chapter, any dealer, manager, salesperson, or employee of a dealer who pleads guilty or nolo contendere to or who is found guilty of the misuse of a dealer's extra license plate or dealer's master plate or of allowing anyone else to misuse a dealer's extra license plate or dealer's master plate shall be fined not more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250) for the first offense, not more than five hundred dollars ($500) for the second offense, and not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) for the third and subsequent offenses.