Authority: IC
9-32-3-1; IC
9-32-11-8
Affected: IC 9-13; IC 9-32
Sec. 7.
(a) In
addition to the requirements in IC 9-32 and IC 9-13, the location and
established place of business at which an automobile auction is licensed or
applying to be licensed must meet the following requirements:
(1) Is located in Indiana and has an Indiana
address that is not:
(A) an Indiana post
office box address;
(B) a location
that functions like a mailbox box facility; or
(C) a location that only provides ministerial
services by a contract employee.
(2) Is accessible by the public.
(3) Has a conspicuous permanent sign
identifying the automobile auction by the name in which the automobile auction
is licensed or applying to be licensed.
(4) Contains an office that meets the
following requirements:
(A) At least one
hundred (100) square feet in size.
(B) Equipped with office furniture such as a
desk, chairs, and filing cabinets.
(C) Served with utilities including:
(i) electricity;
(ii) lighting;
(iii) heat;
(iv) operational plumbing; and
(v) a business telephone.
(D) Reflective of functional use
and operation of the license.
An exemption for the requirements in clauses (A) through (C)
may be given at the secretary's discretion so long as there are no concerns
regarding the qualifications and eligibility of the applicant to receive the
license or the ability of the applicant to conduct properly the business for
which the application is submitted.
(5) Has customer parking.
(6) Has adequate space to accommodate the
display of a minimum of ten (10) vehicles of the kind and type that the
automobile auction is licensed to sell.
(b) The automobile auction must provide
photographs of the automobile auction's established place of business with the
initial application for an automobile auction license. These photographs must
include, at a minimum, the:
(1) interior and
exterior of the established place of business;
(2) advertising sign required by this
section; and
(3) office.
Printed photographs must not be less than three (3) inches by
five (5) inches in size. The photographs must be updated if the automobile
auction moves or if its physical facilities are substantially altered or
modified. Digital photographs must be unaltered and verifiable.
(c) Unless conflicting
with the provisions of this section, all rules that the secretary of state
finds applicable governing dealers shall apply to automobile auctions.
Notes
75 IAC 6-2-7
Filed
8/15/2014, 9:57 a.m.:
20140910-IR-075130566FRA
Filed
12/14/2017, 1:16 p.m.:
20180110-IR-075160435FRA
Readopted filed 11/30/2023, 11:48 a.m.:
20231227-IR-075230626RFA
