Colorado § 44-20-203 - Threat prima facie evidence of violation.
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§ 44-20-203. Threat prima facie evidence of violation.
Any threat, expressed or implied, made directly or indirectly to any person engaged in the business of selling motor vehicles at retail in this state by any person engaged, either directly or indirectly, in the manufacture or distribution of motor vehicles, that the person will discontinue or cease to sell, or refuse to enter into a contract to sell, or will terminate a contract to sell motor vehicles, whether patented or unpatented, to the person who is so engaged in the business of selling motor vehicles at retail, unless the person finances the purchase or sale of any one or number of motor vehicles only with or through a designated person or class of persons or sells and assigns the conditional sales contracts, chattel mortgages, or leases arising from his or her retail sales of motor vehicles or any one or number thereof only to a designated person or class of persons shall be prima facie evidence of the fact that the person so engaged in the manufacture or distribution of motor vehicles has sold or intends to sell the same on the condition or with the agreement or understanding prohibited in section 44-20-202.
Source: L. 2018: Entire article added with relocations, (SB 18-030), ch. 7, p. 91, § 2, effective October 1.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 12-6-203 as it existed prior to 2018.
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 44-20-203 ("Threat prima facie evidence of violation.") is part of the Colorado Revised Statutes, the codified statutory law of Colorado. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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