Iowa Code 322A.4 – Additional franchise
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Terms Used In Iowa Code 322A.4
- Additional motor vehicle dealership: includes a facility providing manufacturer-authorized or distributor-authorized service or warranty work for motor vehicles, except motor homes, of a line-make in a community in which the same line-make is represented. See Iowa Code 322A.1
- Community: means the franchisee's area of responsibility as stipulated in the franchise. See Iowa Code 322A.1
- Franchise: includes a separate written agreement between the franchisee and the franchiser which materially affects the franchise, whether entered into prior to the date of the franchise, contemporaneously with the franchise, or subsequent to the date of the franchise. See Iowa Code 322A.1
- Franchiser: means a person who manufactures or distributes motor vehicles and who may enter into a franchise as hereinafter defined. See Iowa Code 322A.1
- Motor vehicle: means "motor vehicles" as defined in chapter 321 which are subject to registration pursuant to the provisions thereof. See Iowa Code 322A.1
- Vehicle: means any vehicle as defined in chapter 321. See Iowa Code 321H.2
No franchiser shall enter into any franchise for the purpose of establishing an additional motor vehicle dealership in any community in which the same line-make is then represented, unless the franchiser has first established in a hearing held under the provisions of this chapter that there is good cause for such additional motor vehicle dealership under such franchise, and that it is in the public interest.