(a) A license issued to a dealer under this article:
- (1) must specify the established place of business; and
- (2) shall be conspicuously displayed at the established place of business.
(b) If a dealer's:
- (1) business name, including a doing business as name;
- (2) established place of business address;
- (3) business entity type;
- (4) contact information; or
(5) dealer owner;
changes, the dealer shall submit to the secretary an application for approval of the change not later than ten (10) days after the change in a manner prescribed by the secretary.
- (c) If the change is to information described in subsection (b)(1) or (b)(2), the dealer shall remit a fee of five dollars ($5) with the notification and submit any additional information necessary to obtain an amended dealer license. The fee is nonrefundable, and the secretary shall retain the fee.
- (d) A dealer that uses the Internet or another computer network to facilitate the sale of motor vehicles as set forth in section 2(c) of this chapter shall notify the secretary not later than ten (10) days after any change in a name, address, or telephone number documented in business records located outside Indiana that have been created in transactions made in Indiana by the dealer. A report made under this subsection is not subject to the fee under subsection (c).
(e) A dealer that wants to change its established place of business location must submit an affidavit along with its application for approval of the change. The affidavit must be from:
- (1) the person charged with enforcing a zoning ordinance described in this subsection; or
(2) the zoning enforcement officer under IC 36-7-4, if one exists;
that has jurisdiction over the real property where the applicant wants to operate as a dealer.
- (f) If there is no person or officer that has jurisdiction over the real property, the application must be accompanied by a statement to that effect from the executive of the unit in which the real property is located. The affidavit must state that the proposed location is zoned for the operation of a dealer's establishment.
- (g) The secretary may not approve a change of location or endorse a change of location on the dealer's license until the dealer provides the affidavit or the statement.
- (h) For the purpose of this section, an offsite sales license issued under section 11 of this chapter does not constitute a change of location.
As added by P.L.92-2013, SEC.78. Amended by P.L.2-2014, SEC.47; P.L.62-2014, SEC.32; P.L.151-2015, SEC.67; P.L.174-2016, SEC.84; P.L.179-2017, SEC.83.