California Code of Regulations
Title 13 - Motor Vehicles
Division 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles
Chapter 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles
Article 4.26 - Vehicle Dismantlers
Section 304.12 - Business Records
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
Business records of a vehicle dismantler, which the department may inspect and copy pursuant to its authority under Vehicle Code Section 320, include but are not limited to departmental books and forms, inventory journals, documents prepared by a public entity for the ordering of towing, storing or disposal of vehicles, bills of sale, and all other documents normally executed or maintained in transactions relating to the acquisition and disposing of vehicles and parts or scrap therefrom in the conduct of the vehicle dismantling business.
(a) Business records shall be maintained for any part, component or system which has been temporarily removed from any vehicle acquired for dismantling and prior to clearance for dismantling, provided such part, component or system was removed for the sole purpose of safekeeping and the record is attached thereto which properly identifies the vehicle from which such part, component or system has been removed.
(b) Unless otherwise specified by statute, all business records relating to vehicle transactions shall be retained by the firm for a period of not less than three years.
1. Change without regulatory effect renumbering former section 413.07 to section 304.12 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 and 11520, Vehicle Code.
