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Terms Used In Maryland Code, TRANSPORTATION 15-501

  • Person: includes an individual, receiver, trustee, guardian, personal representative, fiduciary, representative of any kind, corporation, partnership, business trust, statutory trust, limited liability company, firm, association, or other nongovernmental entity. See
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.

(b) (1) “Automotive dismantler and recycler” means a person in the business of:

(i) Dismantling, destroying, or scrapping any vehicle for the purpose of reselling any of its usable parts; or

(ii) Otherwise acquiring vehicles for the benefit of their parts or the materials in them.

(2) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, any reference to a wrecker in any statute, rule, or regulation shall apply to an automotive dismantler and recycler.

(c) “License” means an automotive dismantler’s or recycler’s or scrap processor’s license issued by the Administration under this subtitle.

(d) “Scrap processor” means a person in a business:

(1) That has facilities for processing iron, steel, and nonferrous scrap metal; and

(2) The principal product of which is scrap iron, scrap steel, and nonferrous scrap for sale only for resmelting purposes.

(e) “Vehicle” means any vehicle, or the body or chassis of any vehicle, that is to be dismantled, destroyed, or scrapped.