In this chapter,

1. (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. (2) “department” means the Department of Administration;
3. (3) “motor vehicle” means a motor vehicle that is required to be registered under AS 28.10;

4. (4) “motor vehicle dealer” or “dealer”

   1. (A) means

      1. (i) a buyer's agent; or
      2. (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;

   2. (B) does not include

      1. (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;
      2. (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;
      3. (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;
      4. (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;
      5. (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.