Section 257.1318 - Records; contents; police book; dealer's license required.

MOTOR VEHICLE SERVICE AND REPAIR ACT (EXCERPT)
Act 300 of 1974

257.1318 Records; contents; police book; dealer's license required.

Sec. 18.

(1) A facility shall maintain reasonable records as are required by rules promulgated to carry out this act. The records shall be open for reasonable inspection by the administrator or other law enforcement officials and shall be maintained by the facility for not less than 5 years.

(2) A facility that engages in vehicle body work shall maintain records in a form prescribed by the administrator. The records shall contain the date of purchase or acquisition of each distressed vehicle, a description of the vehicle, and the name and address of the person from whom the vehicle was acquired. If the vehicle is sold, the record shall contain the date of sale and the name and address of the purchaser. The record shall indicate whether a certificate of title or salvage certificate of title was obtained by the facility. In the case of a late model vehicle, a record of the purchase or sale of each major component part purchased or acquired shall be maintained by the facility. The record shall contain the date of purchase or acquisition of the part, a description of the part, the identification number assigned to the part, and the name and address of the person to or from whom the part was purchased, acquired, or sold. The record of the sale, purchase, or acquisition of a major component part shall be maintained in or attached to a police book as described in section 251 of the Michigan vehicle code, Act No. 300 of the Public Acts of 1949, being section 257.251 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. The facility's police book and the records of vehicle part sales, purchases, or acquisitions shall immediately be made available for inspection by the administrator and other law enforcement officials after a request for inspection is made.

(3) Nothing in this section shall authorize a facility to engage in the business of dealing in vehicles or salvageable parts without a dealer's license.


History: 1974, Act 300, Eff. Apr. 1, 1975 ;-- Am. 1988, Act 254, Eff. Oct. 1, 1989
Admin Rule: R 257.101 et seq. of the Michigan Administrative Code.