Alaska § 08.66.350 - Definitions.

§ 08.66.350. Definitions.

In this chapter,        (1) “buyer's agent” means a person who does business in the state by negotiating on behalf of a buyer the purchase of a motor vehicle from a motor vehicle dealer;

 (2) “department” means the Department of Administration;

 (3) “motor vehicle” means a motor vehicle that is required to be registered under AS 28.10 ;

 (4) “motor vehicle dealer” or “dealer”             (A) means                  (i) a buyer's agent; or

 (ii) a person, other than a manufacturer, who sells, leases, solicits, or arranges for the sale or lease of five or more motor vehicles in any 12 consecutive months, regardless of who owns the vehicles;

 (B) does not include                  (i) a receiver, a trustee, an administrator, an executor, a guardian, or another person appointed by a court or a person performing duties as a public officer;

 (ii) a person disposing of a motor vehicle acquired and actually used for the person's own use or for the use of a family member of the person, or acquiring a motor vehicle for the person's own use or for the use of a family member of the person if the vehicle is acquired and used in good faith and not for the purpose of avoiding the provisions of this chapter;

 (iii) a person who sells motor vehicles as an incident of the person's principal business but who is not engaged primarily in the selling of motor vehicles;

 (iv) an employee of an organization arranging for the purchase or lease by the organization of a vehicle for use in the organization's business;

 (v) a publication, broadcast, or other communications media when engaged in the business of advertising, but not otherwise arranging for the sale of a motor vehicle owned by another person.