61-4-122. Compliance specialists as peace officers. (1) The department may designate and train civilian employees as compliance specialists within the motor vehicle division. Each compliance specialist is a peace officer whose jurisdiction is limited to enforcement of violations of Title 61, chapter 3, parts 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6, and chapter 4.
     (2) As a peace officer, a trained compliance specialist may:
     (a) issue citations and make arrests;
     (b) issue summonses;
     (c) accept bail;
     (d) serve warrants of arrest;
     (e) make reasonable inspections of a dealer's established place of business and vehicle inventory; and
     (f) require production of documents relating to the sale, purchase, exchange, or consignment of any vehicle currently or previously in a dealer's inventory or displayed for sale by the dealer or relating to any obligation imposed on a dealer under this title.
     (3) For purposes of this section, the term "dealer" includes a dealer of any vehicle type, a wholesaler, or an auto auction, subject to licensure by the department under this chapter.

     History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 409, L. 1999.