(a)  “Salesperson” means a person employed by a dealer and not otherwise expressly excluded by this section, who does one or more of the following:

(1)  For commission, money, profit, or other thing of value, sells, exchanges, buys, leases, or offers for sale, negotiates, or attempts to negotiate, a sale, lease, or exchange of an interest in a manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial coach.

(2)  Induces or attempts to induce any person to buy, lease, or exchange an interest in a manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial coach, and who receives or expects to receive a commission, money, brokerage fees, profit, or any other thing of value, from either the seller, lessee, or purchaser of the manufactured home, mobilehome or commercial coach.

(3)  Exercises managerial control over the business of a licensed manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial coach dealer or who supervises salespersons employed by a licensed dealer, whether compensated by salary or commission, including, but not limited to, any person who is employed by the dealer as a general manager, assistant general manager, sales manager, or in any capacity, regardless of title, where the individual reviews, advises, supervises, or oversees, sales contracts, credit applications, or any other documents pertaining to the sale, purchase, or lease of manufactured homes or mobilehomes, or any employee of a licensed manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial coach dealer who negotiates with or induces a customer to enter into a security agreement, lease, or purchase agreement or purchase order for the sale of a manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial coach on behalf of the licensed manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial coach dealer.

(b)  The term “salesperson” does not include any of the following:

(1)  A representative of an insurance company, finance company, bank, savings and loan association, or public official, who in the regular course of business, is required to dispose of, or sell manufactured homes, mobilehomes, or commercial coaches under a contractual right or obligation of the employer, or in the performance of an official duty, or under authority of any court of law, as long as the sale is for the purpose of protecting the seller from any loss or is pursuant to the authority of a court of competent jurisdiction.

(2)  A person who is licensed as a manufacturer or distributor.

(3)  A person exclusively employed in a bona fide business of exporting manufactured homes, mobilehomes, or commercial coaches, or of soliciting orders for the sale and delivery of mobilehomes or commercial coaches outside the territorial limits of the United States.

(4)  A person not engaged in the purchase or sale of manufactured homes, mobilehomes, or commercial coaches as a business, disposing of manufactured homes, mobilehomes, or commercial coaches acquired for the person’s own use, or for use in business when they have been so acquired and used in good faith and not for the purpose of avoiding the provisions of this part.

(5)  A person licensed as a manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial coach dealer doing business as a sole ownership or a member of a partnership or a stockholder and director of a corporation licensed as a manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial coach dealer under this part, as long as the person engages in the activities of a salesperson exclusively on behalf of the sole ownership or partnership or corporation in which the person owns an interest or stock, and the person owning the stock is a director of the corporation; otherwise, the person shall be deemed to be a manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial coach salesperson and subject to the provisions of Section 18045.

(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1528, Sec. 1. Effective September 30, 1984.)