Section 9-32-11-6 - Display of license; change of business name or location; application for approval of change(a) A license issued to a dealer under this article:(1) must specify the established place of business; and(2) shall be conspicuously displayed at the established place of business.(b) If a dealer's: (1) business name, including a doing business as name;(2) established place of business address;(3) business entity type;(6) dealer manager; changes, the dealer shall submit to the secretary an application for approval of the change not later than ten (10) days after the change in a manner prescribed by the secretary.
(c) A dealer that uses the Internet or another computer network to facilitate the sale of motor vehicles as set forth in section 2(c) of this chapter shall notify the secretary not later than ten (10) days after any change in a name, address, or telephone number documented in business records located outside Indiana that have been created in transactions made in Indiana by the dealer.(d) Except as provided in subsection (e), an application requesting a change to the address for the dealer's established place of business must be accompanied by an affidavit stating that the proposed location is zoned for the operation of a dealer's establishment from: (1) the person charged with enforcing a zoning ordinance described in this subsection; or(2) the zoning enforcement officer under IC 36-7-4; that has jurisdiction over the real property where the applicant wants to operate as a dealer.
(e) If there is no person or officer under subsection (d)(1) or (d)(2), the application must be accompanied by a statement to that effect from the executive (as defined in IC 36-1-2-5) of the unit in which the real property is located.(f) The secretary may not approve a change of location until the dealer provides the affidavit or the statement.(g) The affidavit or statement may not be signed by a person described in subsection (d)(1) or (d)(2) or the executive of a unit more than ninety (90) days before the affidavit or statement is submitted to the secretary as part of an application for a change of location.(h) For the purpose of this section, an offsite sales license issued under section 11 of this chapter does not constitute a change of location.Amended by P.L. 20-2022,SEC. 12, eff. 7/1/2022.Amended by P.L. 284-2019,SEC. 31, eff. 7/1/2019.Amended by P.L. 179-2017,SEC. 83, eff. 7/1/2017.Amended by P.L. 174-2016, SEC. 84, eff. 7/1/2016.Amended by P.L. 151-2015, SEC. 67, eff. 7/1/2015.Amended by P.L. 62-2014, SEC. 32, eff. 7/1/2014.Amended by P.L. 2-2014, SEC. 47, eff. 3/13/2014.Added by P.L. 92-2013, SEC. 78, eff. 7/1/2013.