Terms Used In South Carolina Code 39-6-120

• Dealership: means the business of selling or attempting to effect the sale by a dealer of new equipment, or the right, whether by written or oral arrangement with a manufacturer, distributor, or wholesaler for a definite or indefinite period of time, to sell or attempt to effect the sale of new equipment. See South Carolina Code 39-6-20
• Distributor: means a person who sells or distributes new equipment to equipment dealers or who maintains distributor representatives within the State. See South Carolina Code 39-6-20
• Distributor branch: means a branch office maintained by a distributor that sells or distributes new equipment to equipment dealers. See South Carolina Code 39-6-20
• equipment dealer: means a person who sells or attempts to effect the sale of equipment, but not including a:
  
  (a) distributor or wholesaler;
  
  (b) receiver, trustee, administrator, executor, guardian, or other person appointed by or acting pursuant to the judgment or order of a court;
  
  (c) public officer while performing his official duties;
  
  (d) person disposing of equipment acquired for his own use and used in good faith, not for the purpose of avoiding the law;
  
  (e) finance company or other financial institution that sells repossessed equipment;
  
  (f) single line dealer primarily engaged in the retail sale and service of off-road construction and earth-moving equipment. See South Carolina Code 39-6-20
• Factory branch: means a branch office maintained by a manufacturer that makes or assembles equipment for sale to distributors or equipment dealers or that is maintained for directing and supervising the representatives of the manufacturer. See South Carolina Code 39-6-20
• Manufacturer: means a person engaged in the business of manufacturing or assembling new and unused equipment. See South Carolina Code 39-6-20
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.