Iowa Code 323.3 – Discontinuing dealer franchise
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Terms Used In Iowa Code 323.3
- Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
- Days: means calendar days. See Iowa Code 322G.2
- Dealer: means a person, other than an employee of a distributor or franchiser, who operates, maintains or conducts a place of business from which motor fuel or special fuel is sold or offered for sale at retail to the ultimate consumer, and who holds a license, issued as provided in chapter 214, for each pump and meter operated upon the retail premises. See Iowa Code 323.1
- Dealer franchise: means an agreement or contract, either written or oral, between a franchiser and a dealer or between a distributor and a dealer when all of the following conditions are included:a. See Iowa Code 323.1
- Department: means the department of inspections and appeals. See Iowa Code 323.1
- Distributor: means distributor as defined in section 452A. See Iowa Code 323.1
- Franchiser: means a person who is engaged in the importation, refining or distribution of motor fuel or special fuel and who has entered into a distributor franchise or a dealer franchise. See Iowa Code 323.1
- Motor fuel: means motor fuel as defined in chapter 452A. See Iowa Code 323.1
- Retail premises: means real estate either owned or leased by the dealer and used primarily for the sale at retail to the ultimate consumer of motor fuel or special fuel. See Iowa Code 323.1
- Special fuel: means special fuel as defined in chapter 452A. See Iowa Code 323.1
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
Notwithstanding the terms, provisions, or conditions of any dealer franchise, a distributor or franchiser shall not terminate or refuse to renew a dealer franchise except as provided in this chapter. A distributor or franchiser shall not terminate or refuse to renew a dealer franchise unless the distributor or franchiser gives to the dealer thirty days‘ written notice of distributor’s or franchiser’s intent to terminate or not renew. Notice shall be given by restricted certified mail, as defined in section 618.15. If a dealer, within thirty days after the date of delivery of the notice from the distributor or franchiser, applies to the department for a hearing under this chapter, the dealer franchise shall remain in effect pending a final order by the department. The application filed by the dealer shall state, under oath, that the dealer’s license, issued pursuant to chapter 214, for pumps and meters located on the retail premises occupied by the dealer has not been canceled, that the dealer has not filed a petition in bankruptcy or been declared bankrupt within six months preceding the filing of the application, that the franchiser or distributor has not withdrawn entirely from the sale for resale of motor fuel and special fuel in this state, that there are no past due sums owing by the dealer to the franchiser or distributor, and that the dealer has not consented in writing to the termination or nonrenewal of the dealer franchise.