(A) Any person applying for a motor vehicle salvage dealer’s license, salvage motor pool license, or salvage motor vehicle auction license or renewal thereof, shall complete and submit to the registrar of motor vehicles upon a form to be furnished by the register for that purpose, a separate application for a license for each county in which the business is to be conducted. A copy of each license shall be displayed in each office operating under the established place of business. The application for each type of license shall be in the form prescribed by the registrar and shall be signed and sworn to by the applicant, and, in addition to any other information required by the registrar, shall contain the following information:
(1) Name of applicant and location of principal place of business.
(2) Name or style under which business is to be conducted and, if a corporation, the state of incorporation.
(3) Name and address of each owner or partner and, if a corporation, the names of the officers and directors.
(4) The county in which the business is to be conducted and the address of the place of business therein.
(5) A financial statement of the applicant showing the true financial condition as of a date not earlier than six months prior to the date of the application.
(6) A statement of the previous history, record and association of the applicant and of each owner, partner, officer, and director, which statement shall be sufficient to establish the satisfaction of the registrar, the reputation in business of the applicant.
(7) A statement showing whether the applicant has previously been convicted of a felony.
(8) A statement showing whether the applicant has previously applied for a license under this rule and the result of the application, and whether the applicant has ever been the holder of any such license which was revoked or suspended.
(9) If the applicant is a corporation, limited liability company, business trust, or partnership, a statement showing whether any of the partners, officers, members, trustees or directors have been refused a license under this rule, or have been the holder of any such license which was revoked or suspended.
(B) The applications for licenses are not part of the public records, but are confidential information for the use of the registrar of motor vehicles.
(C) The fee for each application for a license shall be fifty dollars, payable when filing application for a motor vehicle salvage dealer’s license, salvage motor vehicle pool license, or salvage motor vehicle auction license. In all cases, the fee shall accompany the application for a license.
(D) The fee for a certified or duplicate copy of any license shall be one dollar for any business applying for more than one license which operates in more than one location in the same county.
(E) The registrar of motor vehicles shall notify the licensee, to renew his license, in writing, no later than sixty days prior to the expiration of a salvage dealer’s license. The renewal of any salvage dealer’s license shall contain the essential information from the original application The fee shall be fifty dollars to accompany the renewal card.
(F) The fee for the renewal application shall be fifty dollars to be submitted with the renewal application.
R.C. 119.032 review dates: 12/30/2003 and 12/30/2008
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: R.C. 4738.11, 4738.12, 4738.15
Rule Amplifies: R.C. 4738.02, 4738.03, 4738.04
Prior Effective Dates: 12/1/80, 1/1/99