Motor Vehicle Dealer/Factory Branch

Factory Branch Means A Branch Office Maintained For The Sale Of New Motor Vehicles To New Motor Vehicle Dealers, Or For Directing Or Supervising The Factory Branch'S Representative In This State. It Is Unlawful For Any Factory Branch To Engage In Business As Such In This State Without First Obtaining A . The Holder Of A Factory Branch May Operate As A Motor Vehicle Dealer Without Obtaining An Additional Or Paying An Additional Fee.

Other Information

Duration of License

Annually

Authority

GS 20-287 -GS 20-290

Exam: No Exam
License Type: Stand-Alone License

Fees

Application
$119.00
New License
$130.00
Renewal
$130.00
Reciprocity:
$0.00
Miscellaneous:
$0.00

Other Requirements

Insurance Bond Of $50,000; Assumed Name Filing As Required; Copy Of Corporate Charter; Business Premises Must Pass Inspections By And Theft Bureau Personnel; Must Meet Zoning Requirements Of City And/Or County

Exemptions

Receives, Trustees, Administrators, Executors, Guardians, Or Other Persons Appointed By Or Acting Under The Judgement Or Order Of Any Court; Public Officers While Performing Their Official Duties; Persons Disposing Of Motor Vehicles Acquired For Their Own Use And Actually So Used, When The Same Shall Have Been So Acquired And Used In Good Faith And Not For The Purpose Of Avoiding The Provisions Of This Article; Persons, Firms Or Corporations Who Shall Sell Motor Vehicles As An Incident To Their Principal Business But Who Are Not Engaged Primarily In The Selling Of Motor Vehicles. This Category Includes Finance Companies Who Shall Sell Repossessed Motor Vehicles And Insurance Companies Who Sell Motor Vehicles To Which They Have Taken Title As An Incident Of Payments Made Under Policies Of Insurance And Who Do Not Maintain A Used Car Lot Or Building With One Or More Employed Motor Vehicle Salesmen; Persons, Firm Or Corporations Manufacturing, Distributing Or Selling Trailers And Semitrailers Weighing Not More Than 750 Pounds And Carrying Not More Than 1,500 Pound Load; A d Real Estate Broker Or Salesmen Who Sells A Mobile Home For The Owner As An Incident To The Sale Of Land Upon Which The Mobile Home Is Located.

Licensing Authority

NC Department of Transportation
Motor Vehicles
Vehicle Services
3145 Mail Service Center
1100 New Bern Ave
Raleigh, NC 27699-
919-715-7000

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