A license may not be issued until the applicant furnishes proof satisfactory to the director that the applicant has and will continue to maintain an established place of business. An established central place of business means a permanent enclosed building or structure either owned or leased with a stated periodic rental, at which a permanent business of bartering, trading, and selling of motor-powered recreational vehicles, the repair, maintenance, and servicing of motor-powered recreational vehicles and the storage of parts and accessories of motor-powered recreational vehicles will be carried out in good faith and not for the purpose of evading this section, and where the business books, records, and files must be maintained, and does not mean a residence, tents, temporary stands, or other temporary quarters, nor permanent quarters occupied pursuant to any temporary arrangement. The central place of business may consist of several buildings or structures, but a building or structure may not be located beyond one thousand feet [304.8 meters] from any other buildings or structures of the central place of business. The central place of business must be located within this state. The licensee must be permitted to use unimproved lots and premises for sales, storage, or display of motor-powered recreational vehicles. A nonrefundable fee of fifty dollars will be charged for each inspection and must accompany each initial application for a motor-powered recreational vehicle dealer's license. Any dealer violating this chapter must be assessed a one hundred dollar fee by the department for a first violation and a two hundred dollar fee by the department for a second violation within two years of the first violation. The department shall suspend the license of a motor-powered recreational vehicle dealer licensed under this chapter if a third or subsequent violation of this chapter occurs within five years of the first violation.
39-22.3-04. Grounds for denial, suspension, cancellation, or revocation of dealer's license. The director may deny an application for a dealer's license or suspend, revoke, or cancel the license after it has been granted for the following reasons: 1. For any material misstatement by an applicant in the application for the license. 2. For any willful failure to comply with this chapter or with any rule adopted by the director. 3. For knowingly permitting any salesperson to sell or exchange, or offer or attempt to sell or exchange, any motor-powered recreational vehicle except for the licensed motor-powered recreational vehicle dealer by whom the salesperson is employed, or to offer, transfer, or assign any sale or exchange that they may have negotiated to any other dealer. 4. For having violated any law relating to the sale, distribution, or financing of motor-powered recreational vehicles.
5. For having ceased to have an established place of business. 6. For failure to collect and timely transmit the snowmobile safety and off-highway safety fees.