(a) No motor vehicle recycler licensee shall rent or allow or cause to be rented, or operate or allow or cause to be operated for hire, or use or allow or cause to be used for the purpose of conveying passengers or merchandise or freight for hire, any motor vehicle registered under a general distinguishing number or mark. Such plates as are issued to a licensee may be used in connection with such licensee's business for the purpose of towing vehicles to such licensee's place of business, for use on the vehicle being towed, for use on commercial vehicles carrying motor vehicles or parts thereof to such licensee's place of business for the purpose of dismantling, and for carrying parts of motor vehicles or motor vehicle scrap from such place of business to the place of sale or disposition. The licensee may use such plates for personal use on vehicles owned by such licensee.

(b) A motor vehicle recycler licensee may apply to the commissioner for a general distinguishing number and number plate for the purpose of displaying such number plate on a motor vehicle being towed in connection with such licensee's business. The commissioner shall charge a fee to cover the cost of the issuance and renewal of such number plates.

(1957, P.A. 343; P.A. 96-167, S. 20; P.A. 00-169, S. 20.)

History: Sec. 21-19 transferred to Sec. 14-67n in 1981; P.A. 96-167 substituted “motor vehicle recycler licensee” for “junk yard licensee” and deleted reference to “junk yard”; P.A. 00-169 designated existing section as Subsec. (a) and made technical changes for the purposes of gender neutrality and added Subsec. (b) re general distinguishing number and number plate for use by motor vehicle recycler licensee when towing a motor vehicle.

Cited. 35 CA 455.