“Dealer” defined.
1. “Dealer” means any person who:
(a) For compensation, money or any 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 manufactured home, mobile home or commercial coach subject to the requirements of this chapter, or induces or attempts to induce any person to buy or exchange an interest in a manufactured home, mobile home or commercial coach;
(b) For compensation, money or any other thing of value, leases or rents, offers for lease or rental, negotiates or attempts to negotiate the lease or rental of an interest in a manufactured home, mobile home or commercial coach subject to the requirements of this chapter, or induces or attempts to induce any person to lease or rent an interest in a manufactured home, mobile home or commercial coach;
(c) Receives or expects to receive a commission, money, brokerage fees, profit or any other thing of value from either the seller or purchaser of any manufactured home, mobile home or commercial coach;
(d) Is engaged wholly or in part in the business of:
(1) Selling, renting or leasing manufactured homes, mobile homes or commercial coaches;
(2) Buying or taking manufactured homes, mobile homes or commercial coaches in trade for the purpose of resale, selling, or offering them for sale or consignment to be sold;
(3) Buying or taking manufactured homes, mobile homes or commercial coaches in trade to rent, lease or offer them for rent or lease; or
(4) Otherwise dealing in manufactured homes, mobile homes or commercial coaches; or
(e) Acts as a repossessor or liquidator concerning manufactured homes, mobile homes or commercial coaches,
Ê whether or not they are owned by such persons.
2. The term does not include:
(a) Receivers, trustees, administrators, executors, guardians or other persons appointed by or acting under the order of any court;
(b) Public officers while performing their official duties;
(c) Banks, savings and loan associations, credit unions, thrift companies or other financial institutions proceeding as repossessors or liquidators of their own security;
(d) A person who rents or leases his manufactured home, mobile home or commercial coach; or
(e) An owner selling his private residence.
Last modified: February 25, 2006