OMVIC Curbsiding and Illegal Sales Practices Flashcards
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Under the MVDA 2002, selling a motor vehicle 'in the course of trade' without OMVIC registration is considered:
Answer: A provincial offence that can result in prosecution
Trading in motor vehicles without OMVIC registration is a provincial offence under the MVDA 2002, regardless of disclosure.
Which of the following scenarios is LEAST likely to constitute curbsiding?
Answer: A person selling their own personal vehicle they drove for three years
A single private sale of a personally-used vehicle does not constitute curbsiding; it becomes illegal when repeated for commercial profit.
OMVIC's 'Bait and Switch' provisions under the Code of Ethics relate most closely to which illegal sales practice?
Answer: Selling a vehicle at a price higher than advertised without customer consent
Bait and switch involves advertising a vehicle at one price to attract buyers and then substituting a different (usually more expensive) vehicle or price, which violates OMVIC's Code of Ethics.
Which government body administers the MVDA 2002 and oversees OMVIC's regulatory authority?
Answer: The Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery (formerly MGCS)
OMVIC operates as a delegated administrative authority under the Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery, which administers the MVDA 2002.
A registered OMVIC dealer employee who knowingly assists a curbsider in selling vehicles through the dealer's lot could face:
Answer: Revocation of their salesperson registration and potential prosecution
Individual salespersons who facilitate illegal sales can face loss of their own OMVIC registration and personal prosecution under the MVDA.
When a curbsider's vehicle has an outstanding lien and the buyer later discovers this, what is the buyer's most significant legal disadvantage?
Answer: The buyer has no right of recourse since they bought from an unregistered seller outside MVDA protections
Without the MVDA protections that apply to registered dealer transactions, the buyer has very limited legal recourse for undisclosed liens on a curbsider purchase.
How does curbsiding most directly harm the public?
Answer: It deprives consumers of MVDA protections and exposes them to potentially unsafe vehicles with undisclosed histories
Consumers who unknowingly buy from curbsiders lose all statutory protections, risking undisclosed accidents, hidden liens, odometer fraud, and no legal recourse.