California Code of Regulations
Title 13 - Motor Vehicles
Division 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles
Chapter 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles
Article 4.2 - Vehicle Dealers
Section 270.08 - Display Area

Universal Citation: 13 CA Code of Regs 270.08

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024

(a) The display area of the principal place of business of each branch location and additional display areas as permitted by this section shall be of sufficient size to physically accommodate vehicles of a type for which the dealership is licensed to sell. The display area must be clearly for the exclusive use of the dealer for display purposes only. Additional display areas are permitted within a radius of 1,000 feet from the principal place of business and any licensed branch location without being subject to separate licensing. However, such display areas must also meet the signing requirement as identified in Vehicle Code Section 11709(a).

(b) The provisions of Vehicle Code Section 11709(b), which permits a dealer to display vehicles at a fair, exposition, or similar exhibit without securing a branch license extends to public shopping areas, public shopping centers, autoramas and other similar locations or events open to the public and intended to merely bring the dealer's identity and product to the public's attention, provided that:

(1) No sales are offered, attempted, solicited, negotiated or otherwise transacted from such locations or at such public event, including the acceptance of cash deposits, trade-in vehicles or any other considerations from persons for the purpose of inducing or binding a sale.

(2) Such locations are available to all dealers licensed in this state without discrimination as to type of manufacture, make, or year of vehicle displayed.

(3) Every dealer participating at such locations or events shall post a sign on the vehicle or vehicles or in close proximity thereto, printed in letters of not less than three (3) inches in height, which shall show the dealer's name, location and address of his established place of business and the following statement: "No sales permitted, or deposits accepted at this location."

1. Change without regulatory effect renumbering former section 409.00 to section 270.08 filed 7-19-93 pursuant to title 1, section 100, California Code of Regulations (Register 93, No. 30).

Note: Authority cited: Section 1651, Vehicle Code. Reference: Sections 320, 11705 and 11709, Vehicle Code.

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