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buyer, regardless of the business in which the prospective buyer
is engaged or the use to which the vehicle will be put during the
demonstration period.

(D) A LICENSED AUCTIONEER MAY NOT USE A DEALER REGISTRATION
PLATE AS PROVIDED UNDER PARAGRAPH (C)(2) OF THIS SECTION.

13-940.

(a) Special registration plates issued to [a] AN

AUCTIONEER, dealer, manufacturer, distributor, or factory branch
under § 13-621 of this title for use on vehicles in general are
Class 1A (dealer) registration plates.

(b) For Class 1A (dealer) registration plates, the annual
registration fee is:

(1) For the first two registration plates issued to
the applicant - $35; and

(2) For each additional registration plate issued to
the applicant - $7.

(c) A Class 1A (dealer) registration plate may be used only

on vehicles owned or used by the AUCTIONEER, dealer,

manufacturer, distributor, or factory branch, and only as

permitted by § 13-621 of this title.

13-625.

(a) In this section, "transporter" means a person in the
business of:

(1) Delivering vehicles of a type required to be
registered under this title from a manufacturing, assembling, or
distributing plant to point of destination; [or]

(2) Transporting or moving these vehicles to or from
places of business for repair, painting, remodeling, or
installing equipment or for the transportation of recovered
stolen vehicles by insurance companies; OR

(3) A LICENSED AUCTIONEER ACTING ON BEHALF OF A
SELLER EXEMPT FROM THE LICENSING REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION
15-101(B)(3)(I), (II), (III), (IV), AND (VI) OF THIS ARTICLE.

(b) Any transporter may apply to the Administration for:

(1) Registration of its business; and

(2) On registration, the issuance of as many special,
transporter registration plates as the Administration authorizes.

(c) Each application under this section shall be
accompanied by evidence that the transporter: