§ 2257. Registration of dealers. 1. For the purposes of this article,
a dealer shall be any person engaged in the business of buying, selling
or trading vessels. A person who sells three or more vessels for profit
within one calendar year shall be presumed to be a dealer if such
vessels were purchased, acquired or otherwise obtained by such person
for the purpose of resale, and were never placed in his consumer use. On
and after April first, nineteen hundred eighty-six, no person shall
engage in business as a dealer, or represent or advertise that he is
engaged, or intends to engage, in such business in this state, unless
there shall have been issued to him a certificate of registration as
provided in this section. A person shall not be required to be
registered as a dealer if he sells no vessels other than vessels
determined by regulation of the commissioner to be vessels or devices
which would not ordinarily be considered as usable for transportation on
water.

2. Application for registration. Every dealer shall file an
application for registration as a dealer with the commissioner of motor
vehicles, together with all required fees, in such form and detail and
containing such information as the commissioner shall reasonably
prescribe.

3. Issuance of certificate. If the commissioner approves the
application, he shall issue a certificate of registration in such form
as he may prescribe. For the purposes of implementing this article, the
commissioner may, in his discretion, issue such certificates of
registration and number plates on a staggered expiration basis, in which
event the fees set forth in subdivision five of this section for such
certificate shall be prorated on a monthly basis.

4. Demonstrator numbers and trailer number plates. (a) Upon payment of
the required fee, a dealer shall be entitled to receive one or more
demonstrator numbers, which may be used in lieu of a registration issued
under section twenty-two hundred fifty-one of this article for the
operation of any vessel owned or controlled by the registrant and held
for sale or demonstration. Demonstrator numbers shall be displayed in a
manner prescribed by the commissioner.

(b) Upon payment of the required fee, a dealer shall be entitled to
receive one or more number plates which may be used in lieu of any
registration issued under section four hundred one of this chapter for
the operation of any boat trailer owned or controlled by the dealer and
held for the purpose of sale or demonstration, provided such operation
is directly related to the sale or demonstration of any boat trailer or
vessel. The provisions of section four hundred two of this chapter with
respect to the care and display of number plates shall apply to number
plates issued under this subdivision.

(c) The commissioner may, in his discretion, limit the number of
demonstrator numbers or number plates which shall be issued to any
registrant. The fee for the replacement of lost, mutilated, or destroyed
demonstrator numbers or number plates shall be two dollars.

5. Fees. Every application, other than a renewal application, shall be
accompanied by an application fee of ten dollars, which shall in no
event be refunded. The triennial fee for such registration or renewal
thereof shall be seventy-five dollars. The triennial fee for
demonstrator numbers or number plates shall be sixty dollars for each
number or number plate. The application for registration, demonstrator
numbers and number plates shall be accompanied by the required fees.
There shall be no refund of any registration fee or any fee for
demonstrator numbers or number plates.

6. No dealer shall sell a vessel except in accordance with regulations
established by the commissioner. The commissioner may, in his
discretion, require a registrant to maintain a record in a prescribed
form of all vessels received or disposed of by him. Upon request of an
agent of the commissioner or of any peace officer acting pursuant to his
special duties, a registrant shall produce such records and permit said
agent or peace officer to examine them, and any vessels on the premises
subject to the record keeping requirements of this section during usual
business hours or while the registrant is conducting business. The
failure to produce such records or to permit such inspection as required
by this subdivision shall be a violation.