Title 44 — Trade and Commerce

In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Dealer agreement" means an oral or written contract or agreement of definite or indefinite duration between a supplier and an equipment dealer that prescribes the rights and obligations of each party with respect to the …

A. It is a violation of this chapter for a supplier to do any of the following: 1. Coerce or compel an equipment dealer to enter into a written or oral agreement that is supplementary to an existing dealer agreement with the supplier unless that agreement is imposed on all other …

A. Unless one or more of subsection B, paragraphs 1 through 10 apply, a supplier shall give an equipment dealer ninety days' written notice of the supplier's intent to terminate, cancel or not renew a dealer agreement or to change the competitive circumstances of that agreement. …

A. Unless this section is specifically waived in writing by the dealer, a supplier shall allow a dealer to periodically, or at least once every twelve months, return a portion of the dealer's surplus parts inventory for credit. The supplier shall notify the dealer of a time perio…

A. If a dealer agreement is cancelled or not renewed, the supplier shall repurchase the dealer's remaining inventory. The supplier shall also repurchase any specific data processing hardware that the supplier required the dealer to purchase, including computer systems equipment t…

Upon payment of the repurchase amount to the equipment dealer, the title and right to possession of the repurchased inventory shall transfer or be transferred to the supplier and the equipment dealer shall have a continuing perfected security interest in the inventory until payme…

A. If an equipment dealer dies or becomes incapacitated, the supplier shall repurchase the inventory from the estate pursuant to the inventory repurchase provisions of section 44-6705 as if the supplier had terminated the dealer agreement. The guardian, the executor or, if the de…

A. An equipment dealer may bring an action against a supplier in any court of competent jurisdiction for damages sustained by the dealer as a consequence of the supplier's violation of the provisions of this chapter. The dealer may also recover costs and reasonable attorney fees.…

A. This chapter applies to dealer agreements in effect on the effective date of this chapter at the time the agreements are extended, revised, modified or changed in any manner and applies to all dealer agreements entered into or renewed on or after the effective date of this cha…