As used in Section 591.1 et seq. of this title:

1. "Automotive dismantler and parts recycler" means a person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of purchasing, dismantling, or disassembling used motor vehicles for the purpose of selling the parts thereof, but shall not include a person who is primarily engaged in the business of rebuilding repairable motor vehicles;

2. "Motor vehicle" means every automobile, motorcycle, mobile trailer, semitrailer, truck, truck-tractor, trailer and other device which is self-propelled or drawn, in, upon, or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a public highway, except such as is moved by animal power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks, or an implement of husbandry;

3. "Place of business" means the place owned or leased and regularly occupied by a person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of an automotive dismantler and parts recycler, where the products for sale are displayed and offered for sale, and where the books and records required for the conduct of the business are maintained and kept;

4. "Salvage pool" means any person or business which regularly conducts a salvage disposal sale;

5. "Salvage disposal sale" means a scheduled sale at auction or by private bid of wrecked or repairable motor vehicles by insurance underwriters, or insurance companies, used motor vehicle dealers or automotive dismantlers and parts recyclers, either retail or wholesale; and

6. "Commission" means the Oklahoma Used Motor Vehicle and Parts Commission; and

7. "License" means the license issued pursuant to Section 591.1 et seq. of this title to operate an automotive dismantler and parts recycler business.

Added by Laws 1980, c. 273, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1981. Amended by Laws 1986, c. 220, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1986; Laws 1988, c. 92, § 1, emerg. eff. March 29, 1988; Laws 1996, c. 332, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 1996.