N.Y. General Business Law § 616: Definitions

§ 616. Definitions. Whenever used in this article, unless the context

clearly requires otherwise, the following words or terms shall have the

following meanings:

1. "Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation, association

or other legal entity.

2. "Motor vehicle" means any motor vehicle as defined in section one

hundred twenty-five of the vehicle and traffic law which is used

primarily for personal, family or household purposes.

3. "Consumer" means the person who purchased the part for purposes

other than resale or any person to whom the motor vehicle on which the

part is installed is transferred during the term of the warranty

provided by section six hundred seventeen of this article and any other

person, other than a seller, entitled by the terms of such warranty to

enforce the obligations of the warranty.

4. "Part" means any equipment or apparatus intended for use in a motor

vehicle, including but not limited to a new part; a part which has been

removed from another motor vehicle and modified, rebuilt,

remanufactured, improved, or reconditioned; and a used part, except a

used part which is removed from a motor vehicle and sold to a consumer

without any attempt to improve the condition of the part and which is

clearly marked as being in "as-is" condition. Notwithstanding the

above, the term "part" shall not include any equipment or apparatus used

in repairing a motor vehicle or any component of such motor vehicle if

the repair is regulated by article twelve-A of the vehicle and traffic

law.

5. "Seller" means any person who sells parts either to a consumer or

to a purchaser for the purpose of resale to a consumer.

6. "Initial seller" means the seller who manufactured, modified,

rebuilt, remanufactured, improved, reconditioned or recycled the part or

who first sold the part.

7. "Intermediate seller" means any seller other than the initial

seller.