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(b)    A registered dealer may use his dealer registration plates
on vehicles in his possession, but not owned by him, if he has the
consent of the owner to this use.

(c)    Registered dealers may permit the use of their dealer
registration plates, for a period not exceeding 10 days from the date
of delivery, upon vehicles owned by them, but loaned to prospective
purchasers, for the purpose of demonstrating the vehicles irrespec-
tive of the business in which the purchaser may be engaged or the
use to which the vehicle shall be put during the demonstration
period.

(d)    Dealer plates shall not be used after notification by the de-
partment that they are forfeited because of violation of the provi-
sions of this article.

(e)    If any license issued to a dealer under subtitle 5 is sus-
pended, cancelled, or revoked all dealer registration plates issued to
the dealer shall be invalid, and no dealer shall operate or move or
permit the operation or movement of any vehicle under such plates.

§ 3-601.1. Operation of vehicles under finance company plates.

(a)    Any bank or finance company to which the department has
issued finance company registration plates, without registering such
vehicle, may operate or move upon the highways any vehicle which
has been repossessed by or on behalf of such bank or finance com-
pany, but only while the repossessed vehicle is being taken from the
place of its repossession to a permanent place of storage, upon con-
dition that any such vehicle display thereon in the manner prescribed
in section 3-4.11 one such finance company registration plate.

(b)    Finance company registration plates shall be issued only to
banks, and to finance companies which have been licensed by the
State of Maryland.

(c)    Finance company registration plates shall not be used after
notification by the department that such plates are forfeited because
of violation of the provisions of this article.

§ 3-602. Use of temporary registration plates by purchasers of
motor vehicles in lieu of the use of dealer's registration
plates.

(a)    The department, subject to the limitations and conditions
hereinafter set forth, may deliver temporary registration plates or
markers designed by the department to a registered dealer who ap-
plies for at least 5 sets of these plates or markers and who encloses
with the application a fee of fifty cents for each set for which ap-
plication is made. The application shall be made upon a form pre-
scribed and furnished by the department. Registered dealers, subject
to the limitations and conditions hereinafter set forth, may issue
such temporary registration plates or markers to owners of vehicles,
provided that such owners shall comply with the pertinent provisions
of this section.

(b)    Every dealer who has made application for temporary regis-
tration plates or markers shall maintain in permanent form a record
of all temporary registration plates or markers delivered to him, and
shall also maintain in permanent form a record of all temporary
registration plates or markers issued by him, and in addition thereto