Georgia Online Application Licensing System (GOALS)
Minimum Dealer Pre-License Application Documents
1.
UMVD Zoning Certificate (Must be notarized by
local zoning authority)
2.
Citizenship Affidavit
3. Secure and
Verifiable Document
(USA
Drivers License, State Issued ID Card, or USA passport,
Permanent Resident Card, Temporary Employment Authorization
Card, I-94A)
4.
Copy of ST-2 Certificate (Georgia Sales Tax
License)
5. Certificate of Insurance
6. Dealer Surety Bond and Attached Power of Attorney
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7.
Photograph of Office/Sales Room, Outside of Building, Dealer
Signs, and Display Lot (brokers don't need lot)
8.
Dealer Seminar Certificate of Completion (receive at end of
dealer training class)
Minimum Dealer License Renewal Application Documents
1.
Secure and
Verifiable Document
(USA
Drivers License, State Issued ID Card, or USA passport,
Permanent Resident Card, Temporary Employment Authorization
Card, I-94A)
2. Certificate of Insurance
3. Dealer Surety Bond and Attached Power of Attorney
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Surety Bond Quote
4.
Dealer Seminar Certificate of Completion (receive at end of
dealer training class)
Additional Documents You May Need Depending on Citizenship and Arrest History
Court Documents (arrest
records, adjudications, etc.)
Letters of Explanation
(explanations of arrest records, adjudications, etc.)
Disciplinary Action Documents
(sentences received, previous license suspensions, etc. )
Imigration Documents if Applicable (lawful alien
information)
Georgia Online Dealer License Application
Submitting Your Georgia Dealer License Application
The Georgia Board of Used
Motor Vehicle Dealers now requires all persons to apply for
their dealer license and renew their dealer license through
the Georgia Online Application Licensing System.
Follow the Step by Step instructions below to complete
your Georgia Dealer License Application correctly.
The individual completing
the application is answering truthfully and all questions
apply to all owners of the business, not just the person
completing the Georgia dealer license application. The
person who completes and signs the application is
representing all owners truthfully.
Filing false
statements of material fact on a Georgia dealer license
application can lead to the denial of the initial
application, possible suspension of the dealer license in
the future, or may even lead to possible criminal charges.
Be sure all the information you enter on the dealer
application is truthful and correct.
A CORRECT DEALER
LICENSE APPLICATION WILL LEAD TO MUCH QUICKER DEALER LICENSE
APPROVAL BY THE BOARD
Before you apply for your dealer license you
will need to gather up the following documentation.
You
submit the following documents when submitting your dealer
license:
• Dealer Application
• Form MV-6 Dealer
Tag Application
• Form MV-6A If Adding, or Delete Agents
• Copy of Georgia Business or Occupational License
•
Proof of Publicly Listed Phone Number-Phone Bill
•
Photocopy of Proof of Georgia Tax ID Number
• Photocopy
of Form ST2 Georgia Sales Tax Certificate
• Photocopy of
ID of Each Person on License
• Photographs of Established
Place of Business (Inside, Outside, Signage, Lot)
• Check
or Money Order Made Payable to Department of Revenue
•
Original Signed Surety Bond & Power of Attorney
•
Certificate of Insurance (Original ACCORD Form)
•
Affidavits (If Any Criminal History)
• Fingerprint
Pre-Registration at Approved GAPS Service Site
• 4-Hour
Dealer Educational Course Certificate of Completion
You will leave the upper right area blank as this is for
Board use only as you see they will enter the date and your
receipt number and the date that you are issued a license,
so be sure toe leave the grey area at the top of the dealer
application blank, you see the license fees here.
First enter your trade name that you are Doing Business As,
that is referred to as your DBA, that is the name that you
are DOING BUSINESS AS, you will then enter your Federal
Employer Number which is referred to as your FEIN, or
sometimes it is called an EIN.
Enter your name or
whomever is the DESGINEE for the Georgia dealer license this
would be person attending the dealer training course, then
enter your home address, social security number, and date of
birth, then enter your best mailing address, which may or
may not be your home address, email and physical location of
your dealership, this cannot be a po box it has to be the
PHYSICAL address of your dealership, next enter your
LANDLINE telephone at your dealership, this number cannot be
a cell phone or a Voice over Internet Protocol phone or
VOIP, it has to be a landline, then enter an alternate phone
number to be contacted for your lot inspection, this could
say for example be your personal cell phone, then check
whether or not you are a military spouse or transitioning
member of the military
You must answer all these
questions truthfully by the designee for the business, it
the business is a sole proprietor the questions must be
answered by the business owner listed on the dealer license
application.
Let the Board know if there is another
business operating a the location, the you must answer
whether or not you have held a used motor vehicle dealer
license in the past, or ever held an interest in a used
motor vehicle dealership, such as if you were a partial
owner of a dealership, then if so provide the persons name
an licensure period
Then you are asked if the designee or
anyone holding a financial interest in the dealership has
had a dealer license revoked, suspended, or sanctioned by
any board or agency in Georgia or ANY other state, have you
ever had a dealer license denied in Georgia or any other
state in the past, if you answer YES, you will need to
submit additional documentation explaining and identify the
person that this applies to
You are then asked if the DESIGNEE or anyone holding a
ownership or financial interest in the business has every
been arrested, convicted, or sentenced for any felony or
misdemeanor, INCLUDING DUI or DWI
Has anyone plead
guilty to a felony or misdemeanor including DUI or DWI, if
yes you must include what is known as a CERTFIED COURT
disposition, which can usually be obtained the county of the
case if you do not have a copy
You will then check if you have
completed your mandatory pre-license seminar, and enclose
the Certificate of Completion you will receive at the end of
the dealer training course, and finally at the bottom of
this page have you PRE-REGISTERED for your fingerprints as
we discussed a little earlier, remember you must REGISTER
for your fingerprints, then apply for your dealer license
and when the Board receives your license you will be
notified to report to your chosen fingerprint location.
The next page contains ownership information. The
business entity that you choose will determine what portion
of this page to complete. If you are a SOLE PROPRETORSHIP,
then you will only enter information in the top box and
leave the other 2 boxes blank.
If you are a corporation
or limited liability company, or LLC, you will complete all
the information in the second box only, enter the legal name
and the date the corporation or llc was registered with the
Secretary of State then be sure to list the principal
officers,
If you are going to operate your dealership as
a Partnership you will leave the first 2 boxes of this page
blank and only enter the list of partners in the third box
Now if you are going to operate your dealership as a
corporation or limited liability company, LLC, then you will
complete this Corporations Affidavit and as you see here
this is a document that must be notarized,
Of if you
are a partnership, you will need to completed the
partnership affidavit, if you are a sole propritor you would
not compete either of these 2 affidavits, however
corporations and llcs complete the corporations affidavit
and partnerships would complete the partnership affidavit.
The "Secure and Verifiable Identity Document Act "
requires applicants for licensure to submit an Affidavit of
Citizenship and a secure and verifiable document regarding
their United States' citizenship status.
So you are
going to complete what is known as the VERIFIABLE DOCUMENT.
You are swearing that all information on this application is
true, and that you understand the laws and regulations of
the Board must always be followed. You are also clarifying
that if you submit false information or if you did not
disclose any felonies that the Board may suspend your
license without notification,
You also must either
verify that you are a United States citizen OR are a legal
permanent resident of the United States
You must also
confirm that you are at least 18 years of age and must
submit what is known as a Secure and Verifiable document.
This can be an unexpired drivers license, or unexpired state
id card, an unexpired US Passport, or an unexpired military
id card, an unexpired tribal identification card, an
unexpired US permanent resident card or alien registration
receipt card, or birth certificate or any other
documentation that is approved under OCGA 50-36-1f1 and by
the way OCGA stands for Official Code of Georgia Annotated,
which is current Georgia state law. This form must also be
notarized.
You must have the Zoning Verification form
signed by the Zoning Commissioner for the area that you are
opening your dealership in. This could either be a city
zoning commissioner is your dealership is located in a city,
or a county zoning commissioner if your dealership will be
located in a county. You will need to visit the zoning
office in your city or your county to have this form signed.
This form shows the Board that the building you are using
for your dealers license meets all zoning requirements.
Remember you cannot have a dealership in an area that is not
zoned for the operation of a dealership, it must be zoned to
allow the sale of motor vehicles. This form must be
notarized as well.
Now you see your dealer surety
bond. This page will need to be completed by your bonding
company or perhaps you have purchased your bond from an
insurance agent. This bond must be signed and you must
include the Power of Attorney from the bonding company as
well, don’t forget your signed bond AND the power of
attorney, both documents must be submitted with your dealer
license application.
And as it says at
the bottom of this form, the dealer surety bond may NEVER
expire while your dealer license is in effect, all dealers
must be bonded during the entire licensure period, you can
never let your bond expire if you have an active dealers
license.
You can download
all the forms that are used in your dealer training course
including this dealer application by visiting
Georgiadealer.com scroll down on any page and click on the
Georgia Dealer Forms link.
Then just click on the
Georgia Dealer Application Link to download the dealer
application we just completed. We will always try to keep
all these links on the website current so you will always be
downloading the latest updated forms.
The initial
application fee is $170 if you are opening an additional lot
it is also $170, when you are renewing your license the
renewal fee is $150, if you renew your license after it
expires but before May 31 of an even year you will pay $20,
i you renew your license after it expires and the May 31 it
will be administratively revoked and will require a $420
reinstatement fee. Be sure you submit your dealer license
renewal BEFORE it expires on March 31 or even years
otherwise you will pay additional fees to renew your
license. So you want to make sure you have completed your
SIX hours of continuing education in order to renew your
dealer license in a timely manor once it comes time to renew
The dealer plate order form is known as Form MV-6, and
you must complete it to order dealer license plates.
Obviously you will enter your dealership name, what you are doing business as remember that
is your DBA, your email and full legal name and business
address, then you will enter your Georgia Tax ID Number,
your business or occupation license number that was obtained
from the city or county that your dealership is in, then you
see here where it asks for your Georgia Used Motor Vehicle
Dealer or Parts dealer number. If you are submitting
your dealer license application for the first time, you
obviously do not yet have a dealer number, so in that case
you would just leave that section blank. However, lets say
you apply for your license, and THEN apply for dealer plates
later on and you HAVE a dealer license number then you would
enter your dealer license number or what is sometimes
referred to as a UCAR number. And if you are a dealer of
manufactured homes you would need your Fire Marshall number
which will probably not apply to most persons that are
watching this video. Enter your contact persons name and
phone number
And before we move on, here you see the
dealer license plate fees. As you can see your main plate
which is referred to as your master plate costs $62 and any
additional plates will cost $12 and at the bottom of this
screen you see the mailing fees for the dealers license
plates that is based upon the number of plates that you are
ordering.
You will select what type of plate you are ordering,
lets say for this training scenario you are ordering a full
size DEALER PLATE, or you could select motorcycle plate for
motorcycles or other plates, you will then check the type of
dealer license you are applying for, most of you will be
applying for a Independent Dealers License which allows the
sale of used motor vehicle, then check what type of dealer
you will be, you will either be an auto auction company if
you are opening a dealer only auction, or an auto broker,
remember auto brokers must have a used motor vehicle dealer
license, or a retail dealer, or a wholesale dealer, so lets
say you are going to be a RETAIL dealer for this training
scenario.
And at the bottom of this dealer plate order
form you will enter any additional plates, and the cool
thing about this FORM MV-6 is that it will automatically
calculate the fees based on the number of dealer plates you
are ordering, so you cannot make mistakes when calculating
the additional plate fees and mailing fees.
Finally
you will need to read and agree to the terms and print your
name, sign your name, and date FORM MV -6
And here
the back of FORM MV-6 you will see instructions so if you
have any questions about how to complete the form, just read
the back page of the form for extensive instructions.
You can easily download your FORM MV-6 dealer plate
order form at the Georgiadealer.com dealer license forms
page
Once you have completed
all the steps and documents you can either mail your
application packet or drop it off, if you are dropping off
your application packet you can drop it off at:
DOR/Motor
Vehicle Division
Attn: Business Registration Unit
4125
Welcome All Road
Atlanta, Georgia 30349
Or if you want
to mail it be sure put 2 or 3 stamps on the envelope that
contains all your paperwork and mail it to:
DOR/Motor
Vehicle Division
Attn: Business Registration Unit
P.O.
Box 740381
Atlanta, Georgia 30374-0381
Once you
have submitted your dealer license application packet you
can check your dealer license application status to find out
the status of your application. Just go to Georgiadealer.com
and go to the Georgia dealer forms page and click on the
Check Dealer License Application Status
You will be
taken to a page where you can just enter your last name,
social security number, and a PIN number if you have
received a PIN number when you applied. If you do NOT have a
PIN number that is ok you do not need it, you just need to
enter your last name and social security number and you will
easily be able to find our your application status, such is
if there was perhaps a problem with your application, or
hopefully it will state Application Approved, and your
dealer license will be on it’s way.
You need to be aware of
Georgia dealer licensing periods.
Used Motor Vehicle Dealer
Licenses is Valid For 2 Years
All Licenses Expires on
March 31st of Even Years
I want to repeat that very
important statement
ALL Licenses Expires on March 31st of
Even Years
You Must Renew License Before March 31st of
Even Numbered Years, or you will pay additional fees when
applying after your dealer license expiration date.
Must Complete Continuing
Education and Other Renewal Requirements by that Date in
Order to Maintain License In Good Standing
When you are
applying for your license for the first time the INITIAL
License Issued by The Board May be Valid for a Shorter
Period of Time Depending on When Your License Was Issued
Here some great contact information for you again
For questions regarding dealer licensing you can call
844-753-7825 or send an email to
business.registration@dor.ga.gov or you can visit the
Board’s website at www.sos.ga.plb.usedcar
Georgia Law Requires All Dealer Licenses, Sales Tax
Licenses, & Business Licenses To Be Displayed Prominently
You can watch all the Georgia dealer license training videos before or after your
dealer pre-license training course at georgiadealer.com once
again that is Georgiadealer.com and just click on the Videos
link at the top of any page to view training content at any
time.
If you are submitting Form MV-6 or MV-6A with
your initial dealer license application be sure to leave the
Georgia Used Motor Vehicle Dealer/Parts Number blank. You
will be assigned your dealer number, or what is known as
your UCAR number after, you have obtained your dealer
license.
Dealer License Application Check List
• Dealer Application
• Form MV-6 Dealer Tag
Application
• Form MV-6A If Adding, or Delete Agents
•
Copy of Georgia Business or Occupational License
• Proof
of Publicly Listed Phone Number-Phone Bill
• Photocopy of
Form ST-2 Georgia Sales Tax Certificate
• Photocopy of ID
of Each Person on License
• Photographs of Established
Place of Business (Inside, Outside, Signage, Lot)
•
Original Signed Surety Bond & Power of Attorney
•
Certificate of Insurance (Original ACCORD Form)
•
Affidavits (If Any Criminal History)
• Dealer Course
Certificate of Completion
• Fingerprint Pre-Registration
at Approved GAPS Service Site
• Check or Money Order Made
Payable to Department of Revenue
Licensing Period
• Used Motor Vehicle Dealer Licenses Valid For 2 Years
• License Expires on March 31st of Even Years
• Must
Renew License Before March 31st of Even Numbered Years
•
Must Complete Continuing Education and Other Renewal
Requirements by that Date in Order to Maintain License in
Good Standing
• An Initial License Issued by The Board
May be Valid for a Shorter Period of Time Depending on When
License Was Issued
Licensing Questions
•
844-753-7825
• www.sos.ga.plb.usedcar
GEORGIA LAW
REQUIRES ALL DEALER LICENSES, SALES TAX LICENSES, AND
BUSINESS LICENSES TO BE DISPLAYED PROMINENTLY
Delus Johnson-Lead Instructor
Automobile Dealer
Training Association