Section 11735 Of Article 1. Issuance Of Licenses And Certificates To Manufacturers, Transporters, And Dealers From California Vehicle Code >> Division 5. >> Chapter 4. >> Article 1.
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. (a) No dealer shall engage in brokering a retail sales
transaction without first paying the fee required by subdivision (d)
of Section 9262 and obtaining from the department an autobroker's
endorsement to the dealer's license. An autobroker's endorsement
shall be automatically cancelled upon the cancellation, suspension,
revocation, surrender, or expiration of a dealer's license.
(b) Upon the issuance of an autobroker's endorsement to a dealer's
license, the department shall furnish the dealer with an autobroker'
s log. The autobroker's log shall remain the property of the
department and may be taken up at any time for inspection.
(c) The autobroker's log shall contain spaces sufficient for the
dealer to record the following information with respect to each
retail sale brokered by that dealer:
(1) Vehicle identification number of brokered vehicle.
(2) Date of brokering agreement.
(3) Selling dealer's name, address, and dealer number.
(4) Name of consumer.
(5) Brokering dealer's name and dealer number.
(d) Nothing in this code prohibits a dealer who has been issued an
autobroker's endorsement to his or her dealer's license from
delivering, with the selling dealer's written approval, motor
vehicles that have been sold pursuant to a duly executed motor
vehicle purchase agreement or obtaining a consumer's signature on a
selling dealer's motor vehicle purchase agreement that has already
been executed by the selling dealer.
(e) When brokering a retail sale as an agent of the consumer,
selling dealer, or both, the brokering dealer owes a fiduciary duty
of utmost care, integrity, honesty, and loyalty in dealings with its
principal or principals.
(f) For purposes of this section and Sections 11736, 11737, and
11738, "consumer" means any person who retains a dealer to perform
brokering services in connection with a retail sale.