Terms Used In Iowa Code > Chapter 322D - Farm Implement, Motorcycle, Autocycle, Snowmobile, and All-Terrain Vehicle Franchises

• All-terrain vehicle: means a motor vehicle designed to travel on three or more wheels and designed primarily for off-road recreational use but not including farm tractors or equipment, construction equipment, forestry vehicles, or lawn and grounds maintenance vehicles. See Iowa Code 322D.1
• Autocycle: means as defined in section 321. See Iowa Code 322D.1
• Condition: means a general problem that may be attributable to a defect in more than one part. See Iowa Code 322G.2
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Days: means calendar days. See Iowa Code 322G.2
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Farm implement: means a machine designed or adapted and used exclusively for agricultural or horticultural operations or livestock raising. See Iowa Code 322D.1
• following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
• Franchise: means a contract between two or more persons when all of the following conditions are included:
   a. See Iowa Code 322D.1
• Franchisee: means a person who receives farm implements, motorcycles, autocycles, all-terrain vehicles, snowmobiles, or related parts or attachments from the franchiser under a franchise and who offers and sells the farm implements, motorcycles, autocycles, all-terrain vehicles, snowmobiles, or related parts or attachments to the general public. See Iowa Code 322D.1
• Franchiser: means a person who manufactures, wholesales, or distributes farm implements, motorcycles, autocycles, all-terrain vehicles, snowmobiles, or related parts or attachments, and who enters into a franchise. See Iowa Code 322D.1
• Livestock: includes but is not limited to an animal classified as an ostrich, rhea, or emu. See Iowa Code 4.1
• Motor vehicle: means a self-propelled vehicle purchased or leased in this state, except as provided in section 322G. See Iowa Code 322G.2
• Motorcycle: means a motor vehicle as defined in section 321. See Iowa Code 322D.1
• Net cost: means the price the franchisee actually paid for the merchandise to the franchiser less any applicable trade, volume, cash or bonus discounts. See Iowa Code 322D.1
• Net price: means the price listed in the franchiser's price list in effect at the time the franchise is canceled, less any applicable trade, volume or cash discounts. See Iowa Code 322D.1
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Person: means a sole proprietor, partnership, corporation, or any other form of business organization. See Iowa Code 322D.1
• Snowmobile: means the same as defined in section 321G. See Iowa Code 322D.1
• Vehicle: means any vehicle as defined in chapter 321. See Iowa Code 321H.2