Section 136.01. Licensing of motor vehicle salvage dealers.

 

(1)   Applications. Any person, partnership or corporation applying to the department for a motor vehicle salvage dealer's license under s. 218.20 , Stats., shall make such application on the prescribed form. Such application shall be made in the salvage business name and not in the personal name of the applicant.

(2)   Transfer or discontinuance of business. When a motor vehicle salvage business is sold or otherwise discontinued, the current license for that business shall be returned immediately to the department. Any new owner of the business must submit a new license application, with the annual license fee to the department.

(3)   Limited operations by dealers with no salvage yard. Salvage dealers who have no established salvage yard shall transport salvage vehicles directly to salvage yards or scrap metal processors and are prohibited from removing and selling reusable parts, except for tires, batteries and gas tanks which are normally removed prior to delivery to processors.