§ 56-14-50

No recreational vehicle dealer may be issued or allowed to maintain a recreational vehicle dealer's license unless: (1) The dealer maintains a bona fide place of business for selling or exchanging recreational vehicles, which must be the principal business conducted from the location. A bona fide place of business includes a permanent, enclosed building, not excluding a permanently installed mobile home containing at least ninety-six square feet of floor space, occupied by the owner or operator and easily accessible by the public, at which a permanent business of bartering, trading, or selling recreational vehicles or displaying vehicles for bartering, trading, or selling is conducted, wherein the public may contact the owner or operator at all reasonable times and in which must be kept and maintained the books, records, and files required by this chapter. (2) The business must display a permanent sign identifying the business with letters at least six inches in height, clearly readable from the nearest major avenue of traffic. (3) The business must have a reasonable area or lot to properly display recreational vehicles.

s with letters at least six inches in height, clearly readable from the nearest major avenue of traffic. (3) The business must have a reasonable area or lot to properly display recreational vehicles. (4) A recreational vehicle dealer may use his license to conduct business on property adjacent to or within sight of his bona fide established place of business. The property adjacent to or within sight of his bona fide established place of business is deemed to be contiguous even if there exists a single intervening landmark such as a road or a railroad track. The property adjacent to or within sight of his bona fide established place of business must display the same permanent sign as the bona fide established place of business pursuant to item (2). The property adjacent to or within sight of his bona fide established place of business need not include a permanent, enclosed building or structure, but all records for business conducted on the property adjacent to or within sight of his bona fide established place of business must be maintained at the bona fide established place of business.

e, but all records for business conducted on the property adjacent to or within sight of his bona fide established place of business must be maintained at the bona fide established place of business. Any sales transactions pursuant to this section must take place at the location of the bona fide established place of business. Dealers applying for a license pursuant to this item must provide on the dealer license application the street address of the property adjacent to or the property within sight of his bona fide place of business and affirm that the dealer has met any local requirements to lawfully conduct business at that location. HISTORY: 2017 Act No. 51 (S.321), Section 1, eff November 19, 2017; 2023 Act No. 51 (S.549), Section 17, eff January 1, 2024.