Section 285 Of Division 1. Words And Phrases Defined From California Vehicle Code >> Division 1.
285
. "Dealer" is a person not otherwise expressly excluded by
Section 286 who:
(a) For commission, money, or other thing of value, sells,
exchanges, buys, or offers for sale, negotiates or attempts to
negotiate, a sale or exchange of an interest in, a vehicle subject to
registration, a motorcycle, snowmobile, or all-terrain vehicle
subject to identification under this code, or a trailer subject to
identification pursuant to Section 5014.1, or induces or attempts to
induce any person to buy or exchange an interest in a vehicle and,
who receives or expects to receive a commission, money, brokerage
fees, profit, or any other thing of value, from either the seller or
purchaser of the vehicle.
(b) Is engaged wholly or in part in the business of selling
vehicles or buying or taking in trade, vehicles for the purpose of
resale, selling, or offering for sale, or consigned to be sold, or
otherwise dealing in vehicles, whether or not the vehicles are owned
by the person.