- (a) Section 12120 does not apply to a dealer licensed pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 11700) when acting under authority of the license, or to his or her authorized agent.
(b) Section 12120 does not prohibit the sale of a vehicle by any of the following persons not engaged in the business of selling vehicles:
- (1) Anyone related by blood, adoption, or marriage to the registered owner.
- (2) The receiver, administrator, executor, guardian, or other person appointed by, or acting under, a judgment or order of any court.
- (3) The trustee of a trust in which the vehicle is registered as an asset.
- (4) Any public officer in the performance of his or her official duties.
- (5) An attorney on behalf of a client who is the registered owner.
- (6) The owner, officer, or designated representative of a business in whose name the vehicle is registered.
- (7) The legal owner as shown on the certificate of ownership.
- (8) A person who has prior written authorization from the registered owner of the vehicle, and that person does not receive or expect to receive a commission, money, brokerage fees, profit, or any other thing of value from either the seller or purchaser of the vehicle.
- (9) An insurer selling the salvage of one of its insured’s vehicle or the stolen vehicle of one of its insured which has been recovered.