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5.03.040 AUTO WRECKER.

"Auto wrecker" means every person who buys, sells, exchanges, otherwise deals in, or in any other manner comes in possession of, any motor vehicle as defined in the State Vehicle Code for the purpose of dismantling or disassembling or who dismantles or disassembles, any such motor vehicle, whether for the purpose of selling, utilizing, or otherwise disposing of, the component parts of such vehicles, or for the purpose of selling, utilizing, or otherwise disposing of the component materials of such vehicle either as junk or otherwise.