Sec. 81.2. Registration requirements

(a) Persons required to register.

Every vehicle dismantler, salvage pool, mobile car crusher and itinerant vehicle collector is required to be registered with the Department of Motor Vehicles.

(b) Application for registration.

An application for registration as a vehicle dismantler, salvage pool, mobile car crusher or itinerant vehicle collector shall be filed with the Division of Vehicle Safety Services of the Department of Motor Vehicles in Albany.

(c) Requirements for registration.

No registration shall be issued to any vehicle dismantler or salvage pool who does not have a permanent place of business which conforms to section 136 of the General Municipal Law and who has not submitted with the application for registration a copy of a license issued by the locality in which the business is located or a statement from the locality on letterhead stationery stating that the business described in the application may operate at that location and that no local license or permit is required.

(d) A registration may be issued to a vehicle dismantler or salvage pool who does not comply with local laws related to zoning, provided that the applicant has engaged in such business at that location since September 1, 1973. However, the issuance of such registration shall not be a defense to any action brought as a result of such violation of local law.

(e) No registration as a vehicle dismantler, salvage pool, mobile car crusher or itinerant vehicle collector shall be issued until the commissioner determines that all persons having a financial interest in such business are fit persons to engage in such business.

(f) Fees for registration.

The annual fee for registration, or renewal thereof, as a vehicle dismantler, salvage pool, mobile car crusher or itinerant vehicle collector shall be $50. The fee must be submitted at the time of application. The fee may be prorated.

(g) A registration as a vehicle dismantler or salvage pool is valid only at the address for which it is issued. A vehicle dismantler or salvage pool wishing to move to a new address must file a business amendment application together with an original letter of approval from the appropriate local government for the new facility location. A mobile car crusher or itinerant vehicle collector may move to a new address by giving the commissioner at least 10 days' notice.

(h) A change in owners or the name under which a vehicle dismantler, salvage pool, mobile car crusher, or itinerant vehicle collector does business shall be reported to the commissioner within 30 days.

(i) A vehicle dismantler or a salvage pool must post the current business certificate conspicuously at the place of business. A mobile car crusher or an itinerate vehicle collector must carry the current business certificate or a photocopy thereof in any business vehicle.

(j) Air conditioning equipment.

No original or renewal registration as a vehicle dismantler will be issued unless the applicant once submits a manufacturer' s certificate issued upon purchase or an invoice with proof of payment for motor vehicle refrigerant recycling equipment or refrigerant recapturing equipment. The certificate or invoice must contain the name and address of the vehicle dismantler, the name and address of the equipment manufacturer, the date of purchase, the model numbers and the serial numbers of the equipment purchase.