(a) A manufacturer or distributor may only sell a recreational vehicle in this state to or through a dealer having first entered into a manufacturer/dealer agreement with a dealer that has been signed by both parties.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 55-28-103

  • Area of sales responsibility: means the geographical area, agreed to by the dealer and the manufacturer in the manufacturer/dealer agreement, within which area the dealer has the exclusive right to display and sell the manufacturer's new recreational vehicles of a particular line-make to the retail public. See Tennessee Code 55-28-102
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Dealer: means any person, firm, corporation, or business entity licensed or required to be licensed under this chapter or chapter 17, part 4 of this title. See Tennessee Code 55-28-102
  • Distributor: means any person, firm, corporation, or business entity that purchases new recreational vehicles for resale to dealers. See Tennessee Code 55-28-102
  • Line-make: means a specific series of recreational vehicles that:
    (A) Are identified by a common series trade name or trademark. See Tennessee Code 55-28-102
  • Manufacturer: means any person, firm, corporation, or business entity that engages in the manufacturing of recreational vehicles. See Tennessee Code 55-28-102
  • signed: includes a mark, the name being written near the mark and witnessed, or any other symbol or methodology executed or adopted by a party with intention to authenticate a writing or record, regardless of being witnessed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Vehicle: means every device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, excepting devices used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks. See Tennessee Code 55-8-101
  • Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b) The manufacturer shall designate the area of sales responsibility exclusively assigned to a dealer in the manufacturer/dealer agreement and shall not contract with another dealer for sale of the same line-make in the designated area for the duration of the agreement.
(c) The area of sales responsibility may be reviewed or changed not less than one (1) year after the execution of the manufacturer/dealer agreement and only with the consent of both parties.
(d) A recreational vehicle dealer shall not sell a new recreational vehicle in this state without having first entered into a manufacturer/dealer agreement with a manufacturer or distributor that has been signed by both parties.
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