Title Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota Statutes

80C.05 REGISTRATION PROVISIONS. § Subdivision 1.Signing and verification required. Every application for registration, including amendments thereto, and annual report shall be signed and verified by the applicant and by the franchisor and subfranchisor on whose behalf the offerin…

80C.06 PUBLIC OFFERING STATEMENT. § Subdivision 1.Type size and style. Except as required by sections 80C.01 to 80C.22, no portion of the public offering statement shall be underscored, italicized, printed in larger or bolder type than the balance of the statement unless the comm…

80C.07 AMENDMENT OF REGISTRATION. A person with a registration in effect shall, within 30 days after the occurrence of any material change in the information on file with the commissioner, notify the commissioner in writing of the change by an application to amend the registratio…

80C.08 ANNUAL REPORT. § Subdivision 1.Filing; fee. A registration is effective for 12 months from the date the commissioner's order is issued. A registrant must file a report, in the form prescribed by rule of the commissioner, before the end of the registration effective period.…

80C.09 ADVERTISING. § Subdivision 1.Filed copy required. No person shall publish or cause to be published in this state any advertisement offering a franchise subject to the registration requirements of sections 80C.01 to 80C.22 unless a true copy of the advertisement has been fi…

80C.10 BOOKS, RECORDS AND ACCOUNTS. Every franchisor or subfranchisor offering franchises for sale in this state shall at all times keep and maintain a complete set of books, records and accounts of such sales, which shall at all times be open to inspection by the commissioner. H…

80C.11 OPINIONS, APPRAISALS, AND REPORTS. The commissioner may accept and act upon the opinions, appraisals and reports of any independent engineers, appraisers, or other independent experts which may be presented by an applicant or any interested party, on any question of fact c…

80C.12 DENIAL, SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF REGISTRATIONS OR EXEMPTIONS. § Subdivision 1.Grounds. The commissioner, with or without prior notice or hearing, may issue a cease and desist order and may issue an order denying, suspending or revoking any registration, amendment or exe…

80C.13 PROHIBITED PRACTICES. § Subdivision 1.Documents; untrue material facts and omitted material changes. No person may make or cause to be made any untrue statement of a material fact in any application, notice, report, or other document filed with the commissioner under secti…

80C.14 UNFAIR PRACTICES. § Subdivision 1.Prohibition. No person, whether by means of a term or condition of a franchise or otherwise, shall engage in any unfair or inequitable practice in contravention of such rules as the commissioner may adopt defining as to franchises the word…

80C.144 EXEMPT MOTOR FUEL FRANCHISES; ALTERNATIVE COMPLIANCE. A motor fuel franchise exempt from regulation under this chapter pursuant to section 80C.01, subdivision 4, paragraph (f), is subject to regulation under chapter 80F. History: 2006 c 252 s 2; 2006 c 281 art 4 s 3

80C.145 MOTOR FUEL FRANCHISES; RIGHT OF SURVIVORSHIP. § Subdivision 1.Required provisions. No motor fuel franchisor shall initially execute or renew a franchise agreement in the state after July 1, 1981 unless it contains the provisions of subdivisions 3 to 9. § Subd. 2.Definitio…

80C.146 ELIMINATION OF SERVICE BAYS PROHIBITED. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. As used in this section, the terms defined in this subdivision have the meanings given them. "Full-service station" means any place of business where motor vehicle fuel is sold and delivered into the tan…

80C.147 CHANGE IN OWNERSHIP. A motor vehicle fuel franchisor, or an affiliate of such franchisor, who (1) determines to sell or transfer its interests in marketing premises occupied by a franchisee, and (2) in connection with such sale or transfer assigns its interest as a franch…

80C.16 ENFORCEMENT; PENALTIES AND REMEDIES. § Subdivision 1. [Repealed, 1987 c 336 s 47] § Subd. 2.Civil penalties and remedies. Any person who violates section 80C.02, 80C.06, 80C.09, 80C.13 or 80C.14 shall be subject to a fine of not more than $2,000 for each violation. Any per…

80C.17 CIVIL LIABILITY. § Subdivision 1.Damages, rescission, and other relief. A person who violates any provision of this chapter or any rule or order thereunder shall be liable to the franchisee or subfranchisor who may sue for damages caused thereby, for rescission, or other r…

80C.18 ADMINISTRATIVE PRONOUNCEMENTS. § Subdivision 1.Rulemaking. The commissioner may promulgate rules to carry out the provisions of sections 80C.01 to 80C.22, including rules and forms governing public offering statements, applications, financial statements and annual reports,…

80C.19 SCOPE OF SECTIONS 80C.01 TO 80C.22. § Subdivision 1.Applicable sales and offers to sell or purchase. The provisions of sections 80C.01 to 80C.22 concerning sales and offers to sell shall apply when a sale or offer to sell is made in this state; when an offer to purchase is…

80C.20 SERVICE OF PROCESS. Every applicant for registration under sections 80C.01 to 80C.22 and every franchisor on whose behalf an application for registration is filed, except applicants and franchisors which are Minnesota corporations, shall file with the commissioner, in such…

80C.21 WAIVERS VOID. Any condition, stipulation or provision, including any choice of law provision, purporting to bind any person who, at the time of acquiring a franchise is a resident of this state, or, in the case of a partnership or corporation, organized or incorporated und…

80C.22 COMMISSIONER'S DUTIES. § Subdivision 1.General administration. Sections 80C.01 to 80C.22 shall be administered by the commissioner of commerce. § Subd. 2.Confidences and privileges. It is unlawful for the commissioner or any of the commissioner's officers or employees to u…