SECTION 765:15-1-5. Issuance of certificate of registration

(a)   Prerequisite. A certificate of registration for a used motor vehicle salesperson will not be issued, renewed, or endorsed until the employing dealer is licensed and has certified that the applicant for said certificate is in his employ. Dealers' payrolls and other evidence will be checked to ascertain that all salespersons for such dealers are registered. The dealer shall be required to pay for certificates of registration for its salespersons. but may do so on a reimbursable basis, or any other plan satisfactory to its dealership organization. All salespersonscertificates of registration will be sent to the dealer for distribution to the respective applicants, and the dealer will determine that all its personnel required to obtaincertificates of registration have done so.

(b)   Temporary certificate of registration.

(1)   A temporary salesperson's certificate of registration, salesperson's renewal, or reissue of a salesperson's certificate shall be deemed to have been issued when the appropriate application and fee have been properly addressed and mailed to the Commission, except as follows:

(A)   in the case of incomplete application,

(B)   in the case of proper fee not being submitted,

(C)   in the case of applicant's having been previously denied a license or certificate of registration with this Commission, or

(D)   in the case of applicant's having been convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude (act or behavior that gravely violates accepted moral standards of community), committed any unlawful act which resulted in revocation of similar license in another state, or committed a fraudulent act in selling or purchasing motor vehicles in such a manner as to cause injury to the public.

(2)   All temporary salesperson certificate of registration applications shall be submitted for approval to issue a permanent certificate of registration at the first monthly Commission meeting following receipt of a completed application.

(c)   Permanent certificate of registration. A permanent salesperson's certificate shall be issued after approval of the applicant by the Commission. A salesperson's certificate shall consist of an identification card bearing the name,, name of employer, address, signature of the Executive Director, and the dealer's license number prefixed with UD (UD-0000). The card shall be carried upon his person at all times when acting as a used motor vehicle salesperson.

[Source: Amended at 23 Ok Reg 2887, eff 6-25-06; Amended at 32 Ok Reg 1425, eff 8-27-15; Amended at 37 Ok Reg 142, eff 10-2-19 (emergency); Amended at 37 Ok Reg 2271, eff 9-11-20]