600.1 No person, firm, corporation, co-partnership, association, trustee, or administrator shall engage in any of the business designated in this chapter without first having obtained a license under this chapter.

600.2 All licenses shall be issued by the Director of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs, or the Director's agent, representative, or designee.

600.3 The following are grounds for revocation of a license issued under this chapter, as provided in the License Law of the District of Columbia (D.C. Code §§47-2801 et seq.):

(a) Continuous complaints of failure of any owner or manager to pay judgments obtained in connection with the theft of vehicles from any licensed premises;

(b) Continuous complaints of the failure of any owner or manager to pay judgments obtained in connection with damages received to vehicles while on the premises; and

(c) Persistent failure to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter.

600.4 Any violation of any of the provisions of this chapter shall subject the offender to the penalties prescribed in D.C. Code §47-2846.

600.5 Any person who makes any false or misleading statement in the filing of any information required under this chapter shall be subject to the penalties prescribed in D.C. Code §47-2846.

AUTHORITY: Unless otherwise noted, the authority for this chapter is §7 of An Act making appropriations to provide for the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1903, and for other purposes, 32 Stat. 622, ch. 1352, §7, par 1, approved July 1, 1902; as amended by An Act approved July 1, 1932, 47 Stat. 550, ch. 366, D. C. Code 47-2801 et seq. (1990 Repl. Vol.).

SOURCE: Article 28, §§3 & 4 of the Police Regulations (1981).