{"id":2612,"date":"2017-05-03T09:00:40","date_gmt":"2017-05-03T13:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.autoraptor.com\/?p=2612"},"modified":"2017-05-03T09:00:40","modified_gmt":"2017-05-03T13:00:40","slug":"quarterly-auto-dealership-compliance-checklist-revisit-every-90-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.autoraptor.com\/blog\/quarterly-auto-dealership-compliance-checklist-revisit-every-90-days\/","title":{"rendered":"A Quarterly Auto Dealership Compliance Checklist to Revisit Every 90 Days"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Taking a look at your auto dealership compliance checklist every quarter will help avoid any unfortunate surprises<\/h2>\n

Compliance.<\/p>\n

Just hearing the word is enough to send shivers up the spine of any auto dealership owner, manager, or employee.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not that you don\u2019t want to follow the rules\u2014it\u2019s just that there are so many of them. Federal and random state regulations combined, many dealerships are on the hook for managing around 100 different laws that pertain to the way they do business.<\/p>\n

Smart dealerships know that they can’t handle compliance all by themselves. If you haven\u2019t done so already, hire a legal consultant to audit procedures<\/a>, pinpoint issues in your business, and create an auto dealership compliance checklist to make sure everything is on the up-and-up. You may also want to hire a compliance officer<\/a>\u00a0so you can operate your business knowing you have someone there every day looking out for possible problems.<\/p>\n

Your job doesn\u2019t end there, though. That initial work on your part is crucial, but total compliance in your dealership requires regular check-ups as well. Well-run businesses come up with ongoing plans to ensure they\u2019re always practicing what they\u2019re preaching. In the case of compliance, this can be achieved be creating an auto dealership compliance checklist that you revisit every quarter.<\/p>\n

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7 Points to consider on your 90-day auto dealership compliance checklist<\/h3>\n

With all of the different laws involved, they only ones who should make your final quarterly auto dealership compliance checklist are a lawyer or your compliance officer. To give you an idea of what yours should contain though, here\u2019s a sample checklist to get the ball rolling:<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0CAN-SPAM Act<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n