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BAR: mobile repair, referral services and online-ad rules effective Oct. 1; referral brokers must register if they collect payments

6446164 · October 23, 2025
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Bill Thomas, BAR deputy chief for field operations and enforcement, briefed the advisory group on a regulation package that became effective Oct. 1 covering mobile automotive repair, referral services and online advertising.

Bill Thomas, BAR deputy chief for field operations and enforcement, briefed the advisory group on a regulation package that became effective Oct. 1 covering mobile automotive repair, referral services and online advertising.

Thomas told the group, “the mobile repair referral services and online advertising regulations became effective October 1,” and then described several provisions affecting how mobile and Internet-based services must operate.

What changed: the rules require mobile-ARD applicants to supply a physical address where records are maintained and available for BAR inspection; set a 50-mile limit for a brick-and-mortar ARD to claim a mobile-truck exemption (above that distance the mobile unit must register separately); require mobile…

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