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Chapter 8 — Businesses, Trades and Professions›Article 4 — PARTICULAR BUSINESS REGULATIONS

Inglewood Municipal Code § 8-68 Used Automobiles. Regulations

Inglewood Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Inglewood

Cite as: Inglewood Municipal Code § 8-68 · Text as of 2026-10-04

It shall be unlawful for any person:

(1) to advertise in any newspaper, or any other medium that he has for sale any automobile, which automobile is not actually for sale at the premises at the time the advertisement is inserted in said medium, and no person shall fail to discontinue the advertisement of any automobile immediately upon the selling of the same. Within forty-eight hours after any automobile that has been advertised for sale has been sold it shall be mandatory for the automobile dealer to withdraw any advertisement relative to such automobile from any newspaper or any other medium in which he had been advertising the sale of such automobile; or

(2) Who is engaged as a used automobile dealer to sell an automobile from any place other than a fixed and established place of business, for which a license has been granted to conduct the business of selling used automobiles.

§ 8-68.1. Records Kept Open to Inspection.

Every used automobile dealer shall keep a record of the purchases, consignments, sales or exchanges of each and every motor vehicle, purchased, sold, consigned to be sold or exchanged by him. Said record shall include the name and address of the person, firm or corporation, from whom purchased or received, to whom sold, the make, state license number, motor number, serial number, style and seating capacity of each used motor vehicle purchased, received or sold, and said record shall at all times be open to the inspection of the Chief of Police or his authorized representatives. Such records shall be kept intact and preserved for a period of three years.

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§ 8-68.2. Sign Required.

Every dealer in used automobiles shall display a sign in letters of not less than six inches in height, said sign to be placed in a conspicuous place on the front of the building line of the premises, and the same must be legible for fifty feet. Said sign must give the name of the person authorized by the State law and this Code to conduct the business of a used automobile dealer at said location.

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