No person shall engage in the license service business in West Virginia without a license certificate. For purposes of this article, the term "license service or services" shall mean any person processing division of motor vehicle documents for compensation when such service or services are offered to the general public. Application for a license certificate […]
(a) In order to permit a vehicle which is to be titled and registered to be operated on the streets and highways pending receipt of the annual registration plate from the division for such vehicle, the commissioner may, subject to the limitations and conditions hereinafter set forth, deliver temporary vehicle registration plates or markers to […]
(a) The commissioner and all law-enforcement officers of the state, acting at the commissioner's request, are hereby authorized to inspect the place of business and pertinent records, documents and papers of any person required to be licensed under the provisions of this article to the extent deemed reasonably necessary to determine compliance with and violations […]
(a) Whenever it appears to the commissioner that any person or licensee has violated any provision of this article or any final order of the commissioner, the commissioner may petition, in the name of the state, the circuit court of the county in which the violation or violations occurred, for an injunction against such person […]
The commissioner shall promulgate rules in accordance with chapter twenty-nine-a of this code in order to effect the provisions of this article.
An application for a license certificate must be accompanied by a bond in the penal sum of $25,000 and have a corporate surety authorized to do business in this state, to ensure that the applicant will not, in the conduct of his or her business, make any fraudulent representation which shall cause a financial loss […]
The initial application fee for a certificate to engage in the license service business is $25. The renewal fee for the certificate is $25.
Upon receipt of a completed application, the required bond, and the application fee, the commissioner may conduct such investigation, as necessary, to determine the accuracy of any statements contained in the application and the existence of any other facts relevant in considering such application. To facilitate such investigation, the commissioner may withhold issuance or refusal […]
If the commissioner finds that the applicant: (1) Has failed to furnish the required bond;
(a) The initial application for a license certificate to engage in a license service business shall be made thirty days prior to January 1, 1991. This license shall be valid for one year. (b) Any initial application made after January 1, 1991, and any year thereafter, shall expire on December 31, of that year. (c) […]
(a) The commissioner shall prescribe the form of the license certificate for a license service business. Each license certificate shall have printed thereon the seal of the division, the location of each place of business of the licensee, the year for which the license is issued, the serial number, and such other information the commissioner […]
Every license service business shall notify the commissioner within sixty days from the date on which any of the following changes in the business occur: (1) A change of the location of any place of business;
The commissioner may conduct an investigation to determine whether any provisions of this chapter have been violated by a licensee. Any investigation shall be kept in strictest confidence by the commissioner, the division, the licensee, any complainant and all other persons, unless and until the commissioner suspends or revokes the license certificate of the licensee […]
