32-7B-17. Grounds for denial of license or application of provisions of §§32-7B-17.1 to 32-7B-17.6, inclusive.
The department may deny any application or apply the provisions of §§32-7B-17.1 to 32-7B-17.6, inclusive, on any license issued under the provisions of this chapter, for any of the following:
(1)Commission of fraud of willful misrepresentation in the application for or in obtaining a license;
(2)Conviction of a felony involving the theft of boats or other motor vehicles in the last five years;
(3)A violation of any law of this state that relates to dealing in boats;
(4)Failure to comply with any administrative rule promulgated by the department;
(5)Perpetration of a fraud upon any person as a result of dealing in boats;
(6)Failure to apply for transfers of title as required in chapters 32-3 and 42-8;
(7)Failure to allow department inspections, including initial and annual inspections, complaint investigations and necessary follow-up inspections;
(8)Misrepresentation through false, deceptive, or misleading statements with regard to the sale or financing of boats which a dealer has, or causes to have, advertised, printed, displayed, published, distributed, broadcasted, televised, or made in any manner with regard to the sale or financing of boats;
(9)Refusal to comply with a licensee's responsibility under the terms of a boat warranty issued by its respective manufacturer, unless such refusal is at the direction of the manufacturer;
(10)Failure to comply with the terms of any bona fide written, executed agreement pursuant to the sale of a boat;
(11)Inability to obtain or renew surety bond; or
(12)Failure to maintain a principal place of business.
Source: SL 1998, ch 185, §17; SL 2005, ch 162, §37.