Chapter 60 — MOTOR VEHICLES
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-1401.23 Manufactured home, defined.
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Manufactured home means a structure, transportable in one or more sections, which in the traveling mode is eight body feet or more in width or forty body feet or more in length or when erected on site is three hundred twenty or more square feet and which is built on a permanent c…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-1401.24 Manufacturer, defined.
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(1) Manufacturer means any person, whether a resident or nonresident of this state, who is engaged in the business of distributing, manufacturing, or assembling a line-make of new motor vehicles, trailers, or motorcycles, and includes any such person who distributes such motor ve…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-1401.25 Motor vehicle, defined.
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Motor vehicle means any vehicle for which evidence of title is required as a condition precedent to registration under the laws of this state but does not include trailers. Motor vehicle also means any engine, transmission, or rear axle, regardless of whether attached to a vehicl…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-1401.26 Motor vehicle dealer, defined.
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Motor vehicle dealer means any person, other than a bona fide consumer, actively and regularly engaged in the act of selling, leasing for a period of thirty or more days, or exchanging new or used motor vehicles, trailers, and manufactured homes who buys, sells, exchanges, causes…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-1401.27 Motor vehicle, motorcycle, or trailer salesperson, defined.
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Motor vehicle, motorcycle, or trailer salesperson means any person who, for a salary, commission, or compensation of any kind, is employed directly by only one specified licensed Nebraska motor vehicle dealer, motorcycle dealer, or trailer dealer, except when the salesperson is w…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-1401.28 Motorcycle, defined.
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Motorcycle means every motor vehicle, except a tractor, having a seat or saddle for use of the rider and designed to travel on not more than three wheels in contact with the ground and for which evidence of title is required as a condition precedent to registration under the laws…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-1401.29 Motorcycle dealer, defined.
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Motorcycle dealer means any person, other than a bona fide consumer, actively and regularly engaged in the business of selling or exchanging new or used motorcycles.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-1401.30 New motor vehicle, defined.
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New motor vehicle means all motor vehicles which are not included within the definition of a used motor vehicle.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-1401.31 Person, defined.
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Person means every natural person, firm, partnership, limited liability company, association, or corporation.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-1401.32 Retail, defined.
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Retail, when used to describe a sale, means a sale to any person other than a licensed dealer of any kind licensed under the Motor Vehicle Industry Regulation Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-1401.33 Sale and selling, defined.
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Sale, selling, and equivalent expressions mean the attempted act or acts either as principal, agent, or salesperson or in any capacity whatsoever of selling, bartering, exchanging, or otherwise disposing of or negotiating or offering or attempting to negotiate the sale, purchase,…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-1401.34 Scrap metal processor, defined.
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Scrap metal processor means any person engaged in the business of buying vehicles, motorcycles, or parts thereof for the purpose of remelting or processing into scrap metal or who otherwise processes ferrous or nonferrous metallic scrap for resale. No scrap metal processor shall …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-1401.35 Supplemental motor vehicle, trailer, motorcycle, or motor vehicle auction dealer, defined.
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Supplemental motor vehicle, trailer, motorcycle, or motor vehicle auction dealer means any person holding either a motor vehicle, trailer, motorcycle, or motor vehicle auction dealer's license engaging in the business authorized by such license at a place of business that is more…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-1401.36 Trailer, defined.
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Trailer means semitrailers and trailers as defined in sections 60-348 and 60-354, respectively, which are required to be licensed as commercial trailers, other vehicles without motive power constructed so as to permit their being used as conveyances upon the public streets and hi…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-1401.37 Trailer dealer, defined.
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Trailer dealer means any person, other than a bona fide consumer, actively and regularly engaged in the business of selling or exchanging new or used trailers and manufactured homes.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-1401.38 Used motor vehicle, defined.
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Used motor vehicle means every motor vehicle which has been sold, bargained, exchanged, or given away or for which title has been transferred from the person who first acquired it from the manufacturer, importer, dealer, or agent of the manufacturer or importer. A new motor vehic…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-1401.39 Violator, defined.
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Violator means a person acting without a license or registration as required by the Motor Vehicle Industry Regulation Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-1401.40 Wrecker or salvage dealer, defined.
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Wrecker or salvage dealer means any person who acquires one or more motor vehicles or trailers for the purpose of dismantling them for the purpose of reselling the parts or reselling the vehicles as scrap.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-1401.41 Applicability of act; persons not considered dealer.
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(1) Nothing in the Motor Vehicle Industry Regulation Act shall apply to the State of Nebraska or any of its agencies or subdivisions. (2) No insurance company, finance company, public utility company, fleet owner, or other person coming into possession of any motor vehicle, motor…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-1401.42 Autocycle, defined.
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Autocycle means any motor vehicle (1) having a seat that does not require the operator to straddle or sit astride it, (2) designed to travel on three wheels in contact with the ground, (3) having antilock brakes, (4) designed to be controlled with a steering wheel and pedals, and…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-1401.43 Stop-sale order, defined.
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Stop-sale order means a notification issued by a manufacturer, distributor, factory branch, or distributor branch to its franchised new motor vehicle dealers stating that certain used motor vehicles in inventory shall not be sold or leased, at either retail or wholesale, due to a…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-1402 Board; creation; membership; qualifications; appointment; term; per diem; traveling expenses.
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(1) The Nebraska Motor Vehicle Industry Licensing Board is created. (2) The board shall consist of the Director of Motor Vehicles, who shall be the chairperson of the board, and the following eleven members appointed by the Governor: (a) One factory representative; (b) One member…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-1403 Board; hearing officer; investigators; powers and duties; seal; records; authentication; review of action; when.
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(1) The board may: (a) Regulate the issuance and revocation of licenses in accordance with and subject to the Motor Vehicle Industry Regulation Act; (b) Perform all acts and duties provided for in the act necessary to the administration and enforcement of the act; (c) Make and en…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-1403.01 License required; restriction on issuance; exception.
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(1) No person shall engage in the business as, serve in the capacity of, or act as a motor vehicle, trailer, or motorcycle dealer, wrecker or salvage dealer, auction dealer, dealer's agent, manufacturer, factory branch, factory representative, distributor, distributor branch, or …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-1404 Executive director; duties; meetings of board; attorney; other employees; salaries.
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The board shall have the authority to employ an executive director who shall direct and administer the affairs of the board and who shall keep a record of all proceedings, transactions, communications, and official acts of the board. He or she shall be custodian of all records of…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-1405 Attorney General; attorney for board; fees and expenses.
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The Attorney General shall render to the Nebraska Motor Vehicle Industry Licensing Board opinions on all questions of law relating to the interpretation of the Motor Vehicle Industry Regulation Act or arising in the administration thereof. The Attorney General shall act as attorn…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-1406 Licenses; classes.
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Licenses issued by the board under the Motor Vehicle Industry Regulation Act shall be of the classes set out in this section and shall permit the business activities described in this section: (1) Motor vehicle dealer's license. This license permits the licensee to engage in the …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-1407 Application for license; contents.
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Any person desiring to apply for one or more of the types of licenses described in the Motor Vehicle Industry Regulation Act shall submit to the board, in writing, the following required information: (1) The name and address of the applicant, if the applicant is an individual, hi…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-1407.01 License; application; filing; investigation; report; contents; requirements; revocation of license; when.
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(1) Upon the filing of any application, a staff member of the board shall endorse on it the date of filing. If no patent disqualification of the applicant is disclosed or if no valid objection to the granting of the application is apparent and if all requirements relative to the …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-1407.02 Sales tax permit; authorized use; violations; penalty.
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It shall be unlawful for any person holding a Nebraska sales tax permit, except a dealer licensed pursuant to the Motor Vehicle Industry Regulation Act, to sell or offer for sale any motor vehicle, motorcycle, or trailer, not owned by such person, on the premises covered by such …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-1407.03 Special permit for sale at other than established place of business; issuance.
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Notwithstanding the other provisions of the Motor Vehicle Industry Regulation Act restricting sales to an established place of business, any motor vehicle, motorcycle, or trailer dealer licensed in accordance with the act may be granted a special permit to display and sell passen…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-1407.04 Special permit for sale at other than established place of business; approval; conditions.
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The event for which a permit is sought under section 60-1407.03 must be approved by the board. In determining approval, the board shall consider the size, location, duration, sponsors, and purpose of the event. Approval shall not be given to any event sponsored solely by a dealer…
Repealed. Laws 2000, LB 1018, § 10.
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[Repealed or reserved.]
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-1407.06 Special permit for sale at other than established place of business; rules and regulations; fee.
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The board may adopt rules and regulations establishing procedures for the issuance of such special permits. The fee for each such special permit shall be not more than the same fee as established for a dealer's license pursuant to section 60-1411.01.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-1408 Motor vehicle dealer's license; continuing education; requirements.
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(1) Beginning January 1, 2026: (a) Every person applying for an initial motor vehicle dealer's license shall have completed eight hours of continuing education authorized by the board within the twelve-month period immediately preceding the date of application; and (b) Every lice…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-1408.01 Continuing education; educational seminar; authorization.
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(1) Any person may apply to the board for authorization to qualify an educational seminar for continuing education credit provided under section 60-1408. The board shall require a complete and specific description of such educational seminar from the applicant prior to authorizin…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-1409 Nebraska Motor Vehicle Industry Licensing Fund; created; collections; disbursements; investment; audited.
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The Nebraska Motor Vehicle Industry Licensing Fund is created. All fees collected under the Motor Vehicle Industry Regulation Act shall be remitted by the board, as collected, to the State Treasurer for credit to the fund. Such fund shall be appropriated by the Legislature for th…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-141 Dealer; inventory; certificates required; when.
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A dealer need not apply for certificates of title for any vehicles in stock or acquired for stock purposes, but upon transfer of such vehicle in stock or acquired for stock purposes, the dealer shall give the transferee a reassignment of the certificate of title on such vehicle o…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-1410 License; form; display; pocket card.
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The board shall prescribe the form of the license and each license shall have printed thereon the seal of its office. All licenses shall be mailed to each licensee. It shall be the duty of each dealer to conspicuously display his or her own license or licenses in his or her place…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-1411 Notice of changes; return of pocket card; required when.
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If a motor vehicle dealer, motorcycle dealer, or trailer dealer changes the address of his or her place of business, changes franchise, adds another franchise, or loses a franchise for sale of new motor vehicles, motorcycles, or trailers, the dealer shall notify the board of such…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-1411.01 Administration and enforcement expenses; how paid; fees; licenses; expiration.
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(1) To pay the expenses of the administration, operation, maintenance, and enforcement of the Motor Vehicle Industry Regulation Act, the board shall collect with each application for each class of license fees not exceeding the following amounts: (a) Motor vehicle dealer's licens…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-1411.02 Investigation; denial of application; revocation or suspension of license; probation; administrative fine; grounds.
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The board may, upon its own motion, and shall, upon a sworn complaint in writing of any person, investigate the actions of any person acting, registered, or licensed under the Motor Vehicle Industry Regulation Act as a motor vehicle dealer, trailer dealer, dealer's agent, manufac…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-1411.03 Unauthorized acts.
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It shall be unlawful for any licensee or motor vehicle dealer to engage, directly or indirectly, in the following acts: (1) To advertise and offer any year, make, engine size, model, type, equipment, price, trade-in allowance, or terms or make other claims or conditions pertainin…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-1411.04 Advertising; violations; penalty.
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The use, employment, or publication of advertising by any licensee or motor vehicle dealer which does not comply with section 60-1411.03 is hereby declared to be an unlawful act, and any person violating such section shall be guilty of a Class V misdemeanor.
Repealed. Laws 1971, LB 768, § 40.
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[Repealed or reserved.]
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-1413 Disciplinary actions; procedure.
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(1) Before the board denies any license or any registration as described in section 60-1417.02, revokes or suspends any such license or registration, places a licensee or registrant on probation, or assesses an administrative fine under section 60-1411.02, the board, or hearing o…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-1414 Denial, revocation, or suspension of license or registration; hearing; attendance of witness; production of books and papers; effect.
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In the preparation and conduct of such hearings, the members of the board and executive director, or hearing officer employed by the board, shall have the power to require the attendance and testimony of any witness and the production of any papers or documents in order to assure…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-1415 Disciplinary actions; findings of board; order; restitution; appeal; distribution of fines.
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(1) The board shall state in writing, officially signed by the chairperson or vice-chairperson and the executive director, its findings and determination after such hearing and its order in the matter. If the board determines and orders that an applicant is not qualified to recei…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-1415.01 Restraining order.
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Whenever the board shall believe from evidence satisfactory to it that any person has violated or is violating any provisions of the Motor Vehicle Industry Regulation Act, the board may, in addition to any other remedy, bring an action in the name and on behalf of the State of Ne…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-1416 Acting without license; penalty.
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Any person acting as a motor vehicle dealer, trailer dealer, wrecker or salvage dealer, motorcycle dealer, auction dealer, dealer's agent, manufacturer, factory representative, distributor, or distributor representative without having first obtained the license provided in sectio…