Connecticut
Connecticut dealer licensing
The official agencies and forms for used car dealers in Connecticut, and who regulates lending if you carry your own paper.
DMV / MVD
Open the Department of Motor Vehicles licensing pages
Department of Motor Vehicles
Dealer license types
New car dealerUsed car dealer
A second license applies
If you finance your own customers
The agency above licenses you to sell cars. You need a separate license to finance your customers, obtained from:
Connecticut Department of Banking, Consumer Credit Division
- What it is called
- Sales Finance Company License
- Who it covers
- Persons engaging in the business of receiving payments from a retail buyer in connection with a retail installment contract or installment loan contract
- The statute
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 36a-536
Other agencies you may deal with
Common state offices for setup, licensing, and operations.
Business setup
- Hiring staffDepartment of Labor
- Registering the businessOffice of the Secretary of the State
- Sales taxConnecticut Department of Revenue Services
Operating
- Customer complaintsDepartment of Motor Vehicles
- Titles & platesDepartment of Motor Vehicles
- Vehicle inspectionDepartment of Motor Vehicles
Official Connecticut forms and pages
Changing something
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.