39-22-17. Additional dealer plates - In-transit plates - Demonstration plates - Fees - Use of dealer plates - Penalty

39-22-17. Additional dealer plates - In-transit plates - Demonstration plates - Fees - Use of dealer plates - Penalty. 1. Additional dealer number plates must be issued to the dealer upon payment of a fee of twenty dollars each. A dealer number plate may be used on any vehicle owned by the dealership and used in the direct functions of demonstrating, buying, or selling vehicles. Dealer plates may not be used on a service vehicle or a vehicle used in other functions of the business, sold units in the possession of the purchaser, by family members not residing at the dealer's residence, or by a person not directly involved in the operation of the dealership. 2. A dealer plate displayed on a vehicle must be visibly displayed on the rear of the vehicle. 3. The department may assess a person violating this section a one hundred dollar fee for a first violation, a two hundred dollar fee for a second violation within two years of the first violation, or a fee of at least five hundred dollars but not more than two thousand dollars for a third or subsequent violation within five years of the first violation.