Arizona
Arizona dealer licensing
The official agencies and forms for used car dealers in Arizona, and who regulates lending if you carry your own paper.
DMV / MVD
Open the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) licensing pages
Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT), Motor Vehicle Division (MVD), Dealer Licensing unit
Dealer license types
New DealerUsed DealerWholesale Motor Vehicle DealerAuto RecyclerWholesale Motor Vehicle Auction DealerPublic Consignment Auction DealerBrokerManufacturerDistributor
A second license can apply
If you finance your own customers
The agency above licenses you to sell cars. You may need a separate license to finance your customers, depending on how much paper you carry. The agency that draws that line is:
Arizona Department of Insurance and Financial Institutions (DIFI)
- What it is called
- Sales Finance License
- Who it covers
- Persons creating or holding motor vehicle retail installment contracts
- The statute
- A.R.S. § 44-282
Other agencies you may deal with
Common state offices for setup, licensing, and operations.
Business setup
- Hiring staffArizona Department of Economic Security (DES)
- Registering the businessArizona Corporation Commission
- Sales taxArizona Department of Revenue (ADOR)
Operating
- Customer complaintsArizona Attorney General’s Office
- Temporary tagsArizona Department of Transportation (ADOT), Motor Vehicle Division (MVD)
- Titles & platesArizona Department of Transportation (ADOT), Motor Vehicle Division (MVD)
- Vehicle inspectionArizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ)
Official Arizona forms and pages
Applying
Changing something
Looking something up
Another state
Opening a new dealership?
The license is only part of what you need.
Corrections. Agencies move their pages and rename their forms constantly. If a link here is dead or wrong, tell us and we will fix it.