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<section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="13-113.2" title_number="13" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Certificates of Title">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Completed vehicle” means a two-stage vehicle that does not require any additional manufacturing operation to perform its intended function, except for the addition of readily attachable components or minor finishing operations.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“First-stage manufacturer” means:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Any person who manufactures an incomplete vehicle;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Any person who distributes an incomplete vehicle of that manufacturer; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Any dealer who has a franchise for the particular make of the incomplete vehicle of that manufacturer.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>“Incomplete vehicle” means an assemblage that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Consists of at least a frame and chassis structure, power train, steering system, and braking system, to the extent that those systems are to be a part of the completed vehicle; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Requires additional manufacturing operations, other than the addition of readily attachable components or minor finishing operations, to become a completed vehicle.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>“Minor finishing operations” includes painting, upholstering, or other cosmetic modifications.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>“Readily attachable components” includes any mirror, extra light, or tire and rim assembly.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>“Second-stage manufacturer” means:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>A person who performs manufacturing operations on an incomplete vehicle so that it becomes a completed vehicle; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Any person who distributes a completed vehicle of that manufacturer.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>“Two-stage vehicle” means a motor vehicle that requires manufacturing operations performed by two separate manufacturers to produce a completed vehicle capable of performing its intended function.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Transfers of two-stage vehicles by manufacturers shall be made as provided in subsections (c) and (d) of this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>At the time that any first-stage manufacturer transfers to a second-stage manufacturer a new incomplete vehicle that is to be sold or registered in this State, the first-stage manufacturer shall give the second-stage manufacturer a manufacturer’s certificate of origin for the incomplete vehicle, assigned to the second-stage manufacturer by the first-stage manufacturer.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>At the time that any second-stage manufacturer transfers to a dealer a new completed vehicle that is to be sold or registered in this State, the second-stage manufacturer shall give the dealer the manufacturer’s certificates of origin issued by both the second-stage manufacturer and the first-stage manufacturer and assigned to the dealer by the second-stage manufacturer.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>Transfers of new completed vehicles by dealers shall be made as provided in subsections (f), (g), and (h) of this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>Each dealer who holds a new completed vehicle for sale shall have a franchise in this State for the particular make of at least one stage of that vehicle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>If the dealer’s franchise is for the make of only the first stage of the completed vehicle, the dealer may transfer the vehicle, without obtaining a certificate of title, by executing an assignment and warranty of title accompanied by the certificates of origin issued by the first-stage manufacturer and the second-stage manufacturer.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <text>If the dealer’s franchise is for the make of only the second stage of the completed vehicle, the dealer may transfer the vehicle, without obtaining a certificate of title, by executing an assignment and warranty of title accompanied by the certificates of origin issued by the first-stage manufacturer and the second-stage manufacturer, if the certificate of origin issued by the first-stage manufacturer is assigned to the second-stage manufacturer.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="i">
    <text>A dealer shall include in a contract for sale of a completed vehicle a notice in writing of:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The make and year of the first stage; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The make, model, and year of the second stage.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
