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MT Code § 30-11-712 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 30. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 11. Sales|Part 7. Canceled Dealership Contracts Repurchase Requirements|30-11-712. Civil liability

  30-11-712. Civil liability. If any wholesaler, manufacturer, or distributor fails or refuses to repurchase or reimburse a wholesaler for any inventory or a retailer for any inventory, signs, special equipment, or special tools as required by 30-11-702, the wholesaler, manufacturer, or distributor is liable in a civil action for:   (1) all sums required under this part;   (2) storage charges at the market rate for warehouse storage in the retailer's community plus any floor plan, interest, or similar inventory financing charges incurred by the retailer or wholesaler, commencing on the 31st day after the repurchase request;   (3) interest on all sums due from the date of the wholesaler's or retailer's request as provided in this section, at a rate calculated pursuant to 25-9-205 until paid; and   (4) the retailer's or wholesaler's attorney fees, court costs, and litigation expenses.   History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 338, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 297, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 283, L. 2019.
MT Code § 30-11-713 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 30. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 11. Sales|Part 7. Canceled Dealership Contracts Repurchase Requirements|30-11-713. Remedy as supplemental

  30-11-713. Remedy as supplemental. (1) The provisions of this part are supplemental to any agreement between:   (a) the retailer and wholesaler, manufacturer, or distributor governing the inventory, signs, special equipment, or special tools; or   (b) the wholesaler and manufacturer or distributor governing the inventory.   (2) The retailer or wholesaler may elect to pursue either contract remedies or the remedy provided in this part. An election to pursue contract remedies does not bar the retailer's or wholesaler's right to the remedy provided in this part with regard to any inventory, parts, signs, special equipment, or special tools that are not included in contract remedies, provided that the retailer or wholesaler is not entitled to recover more than one time on any claim of loss or damage.   History: En. Sec. 7, Ch. 338, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 297, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 941, Ch. 56, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 283, L. 2019.
MT Code § 30-11-714 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 30. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 11. Sales|Part 7. Canceled Dealership Contracts Repurchase Requirements|30-11-714. through 30-11-716 reserved

  30-11-714 through 30-11-716 reserved.
MT Code § 30-11-717 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 30. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 11. Sales|Part 7. Canceled Dealership Contracts Repurchase Requirements|30-11-717. Definitions

  30-11-717. Definitions. As used in 30-11-718, 30-11-719, and this section, the following definitions apply:   (1) "Authorized integrator" means any third party with whom a dealer has entered into a contractual relationship to perform a specific function for the dealer that permits the third party to access protected dealer data or to write data to a dealer data system to carry out the specified function.   (2) "Dealer" has the same meaning as "new motor vehicle dealer" provided in 61-4-201 and includes any authorized dealer personnel acting on behalf of the dealer owner-operator.   (3) "Dealer data system" means any software, hardware, or firmware owned, leased, rented, or controlled by a dealer and used by the dealer in its business operations.   (4) "Dealer data vendor" means any dealer management system provider or customer relationship management system provider, or other vendor providing similar services, other than a motor vehicle manufacturer or distributor or a subsidiary or affiliate of a manufacturer or distributor, that permissibly stores protected dealer data pursuant to a contract with a dealer.   (5) "Fees" means charges for access to protected dealer data. Fees must be disclosed to the dealer prior to entering into a contract with a dealer data vendor and must be specified in the terms of the contract.   (6) "Protected dealer data" means:   (a) any nonpublic personal information, including information defined in 15 U.S.C. 6809 pertaining to a consumer, that is provided to a dealer by a consumer or otherwise obtained by a dealer and stored in the dealer's dealer data system; or   (b) any other data regarding a dealer's business operations that is stored in the dealer's dealer data system.   (7) "Third party" includes service providers, vendors, dealer data vendors, authorized integrators, and any other individual or entity other than the dealer. The term does not include any government entity acting pursuant to federal, state, or local law, any entity acting pursuant to a valid court order, a motor vehicle manufacturer or distributor or a subsidiary or affiliate of a motor vehicle manufacturer or distributor, or an entity acting on behalf of and with whom the manufacturer or distributor has an express agreement to preserve the privacy of protected dealer data.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 283, L. 2019.
MT Code § 30-11-719 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 30. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 11. Sales|Part 7. Canceled Dealership Contracts Repurchase Requirements|30-11-719. Other responsibilities and restrictions

  30-11-719. Other responsibilities and restrictions. All dealer data vendors and authorized integrators:   (1) may access, use, store, or share protected dealer data only to the extent permitted in the contract with the dealer;   (2) shall make any agreement regarding access to, sharing or selling of, copying, using, or transmitting protected dealer data terminable upon no more than 90 days' notice from the dealer;   (3) must, on notice of the dealer's intent to terminate its contract and in order to prevent any risk of consumer harm or inconvenience, work to ensure a secure transition of all protected dealer data to a successor dealer data vendor or authorized integrator, including but not limited to:   (a) providing unrestricted access to, or an electronic copy of, all protected dealer data and all other data stored in the dealer data system in a format that a successor dealer data vendor or authorized integrator can access and use; and   (b) deleting or returning to the dealer all protected dealer data prior to termination of the contract pursuant to any written directions of the dealer;   (4) shall provide a dealer, on request, with a listing of all entities with whom it is sharing dealer data or with whom it has allowed access to protected dealer data; and   (5) shall allow a dealer to audit the dealer data vendor's or authorized integrator's access to and use of any protected dealer data.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 283, L. 2019.
MT Code § 30-11-801 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 30. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 11. Sales|Part 8. Termination, Cancellation, Nonrenewal, or Substantial Alteration of Farm Implements Dealership Agreements|30-11-801. Definitions

  30-11-801. Definitions. As used in this part, the following definitions apply:   (1) "Community of interest" means a continuing financial interest that the grantor and grantee have in common.   (2) "Dealer" means a person who is a grantee of a farm implements dealership situated in this state.   (3) "Dealership" means a contract or agreement, expressed or implied, whether oral or written, including a franchise as defined in 61-4-201, by which a person is granted the right to sell or distribute farm implements, in which there is a community of interest in the business of offering, selling, or distributing farm implements.   (4) "Department" means the department of labor and industry established in 2-15-1701.   (5) "Designated family member" means the spouse, child, grandchild, parent, brother, or sister of a dealer.   (6) "Designated successor" means a person designated in writing by the retiring dealer to succeed the retiring dealer in the dealership or, in the case of an incapacitated dealer, a person appointed by a court as the legal representative of the dealer's property or the appointed and qualified personal representative and the testamentary trustee of a deceased dealer.   (7) "Farm implement" means any vehicle, machine, or attachment designed or adapted and used exclusively for agricultural operations and only incidentally operated or used on the highways.   (8) (a) "Good cause", when used in 30-11-801 through 30-11-803 and 30-11-811, means:   (i) failure by a dealer to comply substantially with essential and reasonable requirements imposed upon the dealer by the grantor or sought to be imposed by the grantor, which requirements are not discriminatory as compared with requirements imposed on other similarly situated dealers either by the terms of the requirements or in the manner of their enforcement; or   (ii) bad faith by the dealer in carrying out the terms of the dealership.   (b) Good cause, when used in 30-11-804 through 30-11-809, means a showing that succession to a dealership would be detrimental to the public interest or to the representation of the grantor.   (9) "Grantor" means a person who grants a dealership.   (10) "Person" means any individual, partnership, association, corporation, or other entity.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 45, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 522, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 63, Ch. 483, L. 2001.
MT Code § 30-11-802 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 30. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 11. Sales|Part 8. Termination, Cancellation, Nonrenewal, or Substantial Alteration of Farm Implements Dealership Agreements|30-11-802. Cancellation and alteration of dealerships

  30-11-802. Cancellation and alteration of dealerships. No grantor may, directly or indirectly, terminate, cancel, fail to renew, or substantially change the competitive circumstances of a dealership agreement without good cause. The burden of proving good cause is on the grantor.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 45, L. 1985.
MT Code § 30-11-803 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 30. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 11. Sales|Part 8. Termination, Cancellation, Nonrenewal, or Substantial Alteration of Farm Implements Dealership Agreements|30-11-803. Notice of termination or change in dealership

  30-11-803. Notice of termination or change in dealership. (1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3), a grantor shall provide a dealer at least 90 days' prior written notice by certified mail of termination, cancellation, nonrenewal, or substantial change in competitive circumstances. The notice must state all the reasons for termination, cancellation, nonrenewal, or substantial change in competitive circumstances and must provide that the dealer has 60 days from receipt of the notice in which to rectify any claimed deficiency. If the deficiency is rectified within 60 days, the notice is void.   (2) If the reason for termination, cancellation, nonrenewal, or substantial change in competitive circumstances is nonpayment of sums due under the dealership, the dealer is entitled to 10 days' prior written notice by certified mail. If the dealer does not remedy such default within 10 days after receipt of the notice, the notice is effective according to its terms.   (3) The notice provisions of this section do not apply if the reason for termination, cancellation, or nonrenewal is insolvency, the occurrence of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or bankruptcy.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 45, L. 1985.
MT Code § 30-11-804 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 30. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 11. Sales|Part 8. Termination, Cancellation, Nonrenewal, or Substantial Alteration of Farm Implements Dealership Agreements|30-11-804. Transfer

  30-11-804. Transfer. A grantor may not unreasonably withhold consent to any transfer of the dealer's business or transfer of the stock or other interest in the dealership to a designated member or members of the family of the dealer, to the principal owner of the dealership, or to a person whom the dealer wishes to designate as a designated successor. The grantor may require that the designated successor or designated family member meet the reasonable requirements of the grantor. The requirements must be specified and made available to any dealer upon request but may not extend beyond business, financial, character, and experience qualifications. If a grantor determines that a proposed transferee does not meet the requirements, the grantor shall give the dealer written notice stating the specific reasons for withholding consent.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 522, L. 1991.
MT Code § 30-11-805 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 30. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 11. Sales|Part 8. Termination, Cancellation, Nonrenewal, or Substantial Alteration of Farm Implements Dealership Agreements|30-11-805. Refusal to honor succession to ownership -- notice required

  30-11-805. Refusal to honor succession to ownership -- notice required. (1) If a grantor believes that good cause exists for refusing to honor the succession to the ownership and operation of a dealership by a designated family member or by a designated successor under the existing franchise agreement, the grantor may, within 30 days of receipt of notice of the designated family member's or designated successor's intent to succeed the dealer in the ownership and operation of the dealership, serve upon the designated family member or designated successor and the department notice of its refusal to honor the succession and of its intent to discontinue the existing franchise agreement with the dealership no sooner than 60 days from the date the notice is served.   (2) The notice must state the specific grounds for the refusal to honor the succession and the intent to discontinue the existing franchise agreement with the dealership no sooner than 60 days from the date the notice is served.   (3) If notice of refusal and discontinuance is not timely served upon the designated family member or designated successor and the department or if the department rules in favor of the complainant in a hearing held pursuant to 30-11-806, the franchise agreement must continue in effect subject to termination only as otherwise permitted by law.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 522, L. 1991.
MT Code § 30-11-806 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 30. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 11. Sales|Part 8. Termination, Cancellation, Nonrenewal, or Substantial Alteration of Farm Implements Dealership Agreements|30-11-806. Procedure to determine right to succeed

  30-11-806. Procedure to determine right to succeed. (1) A designated family member or designated successor who receives notice of the grantor's refusal to honor the family member's or successor's succession to the ownership and operation of the dealership may, within the 60-day period provided for in 30-11-805, file with the department a verified complaint for a hearing and determination by the department on whether good cause exists for refusal and discontinuance.   (2) The grantor shall establish good cause for refusal to honor the succession to ownership.   (3) The franchise agreement must continue in effect until the final determination of the issues raised in the complaint.   (4) If the grantor prevails, the department shall include in its order approving the termination of the franchise agreement reasonable conditions affording the complainant an opportunity to receive fair and reasonable compensation for the value of the dealership.   (5) Any decision by the department may be reviewed pursuant to Title 2, chapter 4, part 7.   History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 522, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 942, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 30-11-807 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 30. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 11. Sales|Part 8. Termination, Cancellation, Nonrenewal, or Substantial Alteration of Farm Implements Dealership Agreements|30-11-807. Written designation of succession unaffected

  30-11-807. Written designation of succession unaffected. Sections 30-11-804 through 30-11-809 do not preclude a dealer from designating any person as the dealer's successor by written instrument filed with the grantor.   History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 522, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 943, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 30-11-808 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 30. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 11. Sales|Part 8. Termination, Cancellation, Nonrenewal, or Substantial Alteration of Farm Implements Dealership Agreements|30-11-808. Illegal cancellation of dealership based on natural disaster

  30-11-808. Illegal cancellation of dealership based on natural disaster. A grantor may not attempt or threaten to terminate, cancel, fail to renew, or substantially change the circumstances of a dealership if the attempt or threat is based on the results of a natural disaster, including a sustained drought, in the dealership market area.   History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 522, L. 1991.
MT Code § 30-11-809 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 30. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 11. Sales|Part 8. Termination, Cancellation, Nonrenewal, or Substantial Alteration of Farm Implements Dealership Agreements|30-11-809. Civil damages

  30-11-809. Civil damages. A dealer suffering pecuniary loss due to a violation of 30-11-804 through 30-11-809 or 30-11-814 who prevails in a civil action for the loss is entitled to damages equal to the pecuniary loss, together with court costs and reasonable attorney fees.   History: En. Sec. 7, Ch. 522, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 181, L. 2017.
MT Code § 30-11-810 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 30. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 11. Sales|Part 8. Termination, Cancellation, Nonrenewal, or Substantial Alteration of Farm Implements Dealership Agreements|30-11-810. reserved

  30-11-810 reserved.
MT Code § 30-11-811 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 30. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 11. Sales|Part 8. Termination, Cancellation, Nonrenewal, or Substantial Alteration of Farm Implements Dealership Agreements|30-11-811. Action for damages and injunctive relief

  30-11-811. Action for damages and injunctive relief. If any grantor violates this part, a dealer may bring an action against such grantor in any court of competent jurisdiction for damages sustained as a consequence of the grantor's violation, together with the actual costs of the action, including reasonable attorney fees, and the dealer also may be granted injunctive relief against unlawful termination, cancellation, nonrenewal, or substantial change of competitive circumstances.   History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 45, L. 1985.
MT Code § 30-11-812 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 30. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 11. Sales|Part 8. Termination, Cancellation, Nonrenewal, or Substantial Alteration of Farm Implements Dealership Agreements|30-11-812. and 30-11-813 reserved

  30-11-812 and 30-11-813 reserved.
MT Code § 30-11-901 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 30. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 11. Sales|Part 9. Termination, Cancellation, Nonrenewal, Substantial Alteration, or Transfer of Construction Equipment Dealership Agreements|30-11-901. Definitions

  30-11-901. Definitions. As used in this part, the following definitions apply:   (1) "Community of interest" means a continuing financial interest that the grantor and grantee have in common.   (2) "Construction equipment" means any vehicle, machine, or attachment designed or adapted and used in construction, heavy construction, highway construction, and remodeling work.   (3) "Dealer" means a person who is a grantee of a construction equipment dealership situated in this state.   (4) "Dealership" means a contract or agreement, expressed or implied, whether oral or written, including a franchise as defined in 61-4-201, by which a person is granted the right to sell or distribute construction equipment, in which there is a community of interest in the business of offering, selling, or distributing construction equipment.   (5) "Department" means the department of labor and industry established in 2-15-1701.   (6) "Designated family member" means the spouse, child, grandchild, parent, brother, or sister of a dealer.   (7) "Designated successor" means a person designated in writing by the retiring dealer to succeed in the dealership or, in the case of an incapacitated dealer, a person appointed by a court as the legal representative of the dealer's property or the appointed and qualified personal representative and the testamentary trustee of a deceased dealer.   (8) (a) "Good cause", when used in 30-11-902, 30-11-903, and 30-11-909, means:   (i) failure by a dealer to comply substantially with essential and reasonable requirements imposed upon the dealer by the grantor or sought to be imposed by the grantor, which requirements are not discriminatory as compared with requirements imposed on other similarly situated dealers either by the terms of the requirements or in the manner of their enforcement; or   (ii) bad faith by the dealer in carrying out the terms of the dealership.   (b) Good cause, when used in 30-11-904 through 30-11-908, means a showing that succession to a dealership would be detrimental to the public interest or to the representation of the grantor.   (9) "Grantor" means a person who grants a dealership.   (10) "Person" means any individual, partnership, association, corporation, or other entity.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 180, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 221(1), Ch. 483, L. 2001.
MT Code § 30-11-902 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 30. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 11. Sales|Part 9. Termination, Cancellation, Nonrenewal, Substantial Alteration, or Transfer of Construction Equipment Dealership Agreements|30-11-902. Cancellation and alteration of dealerships

  30-11-902. Cancellation and alteration of dealerships. A grantor may not, directly or indirectly, terminate, cancel, fail to renew, or substantially change the competitive circumstances of a dealership agreement without good cause. The burden of proving good cause is on the grantor.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 180, L. 2001.
MT Code § 30-11-903 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 30. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 11. Sales|Part 9. Termination, Cancellation, Nonrenewal, Substantial Alteration, or Transfer of Construction Equipment Dealership Agreements|30-11-903. Notice of termination or change in dealership

  30-11-903. Notice of termination or change in dealership. (1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3), a grantor shall provide a dealer at least 90 days' prior written notice by certified mail of termination, cancellation, nonrenewal, or substantial change in competitive circumstances. The notice must state all the reasons for termination, cancellation, nonrenewal, or substantial change in competitive circumstances and must provide that the dealer has 60 days from receipt of the notice in which to rectify any claimed deficiency. If the deficiency is rectified within 60 days, the notice is void.   (2) If the reason for termination, cancellation, nonrenewal, or substantial change in competitive circumstances is nonpayment of sums due under the dealership, the dealer is entitled to 10 days' prior written notice by certified mail. If the dealer does not remedy the default within 10 days after receipt of the notice, the notice is effective according to its terms.   (3) The notice provisions of this section do not apply if the reason for termination, cancellation, or nonrenewal is insolvency, the occurrence of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or bankruptcy.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 180, L. 2001.