For the purposes of this Regulation, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
A. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Insurance of the State of Mississippi.
B. "Limited licensee" means a person or business entity authorized to sell, solicit, or negotiate certain coverage relating to the rental of vehicles pursuant to this regulation.
C. "Rental agreement" means any written agreement setting forth the terms and conditions governing the use of a vehicle provided by the rental company for rental or lease.
D. "Rental company" means any person or business entity in the business of providing primarily motor passenger vehicles to the public under a rental agreement. For the purposes of this Regulation, rental companies are a type of "vehicles sales agency" as provided in Miss. Code Ann. § 83-17-1 (Supp. 2001).
E. "Rental period" means the term of the rental agreement.
F. "Renter" means any person obtaining the use of a vehicle from a rental company under the terms of a rental agreement.
G. "Vehicle" or "rental vehicle" means a motor vehicle of the private passenger type, including cars, passenger vans, minivans, and sport utility vehicles, and of the cargo type, including cargo vans, pickup trucks, and trucks with gross vehicle weight of less than twenty-six thousand (26,000) pounds and which do not require the operator to possess a commercial driver's license.
19 Miss. Code. R. 1-30.03