Georgia § 13-8-19 - Failure to renew, termination of, or restriction on transfer of franchise without due cause.
Full text of Georgia Official Code of Georgia Annotated § 13-8-19 — Failure to renew, termination of, or restriction on transfer of franchise without due cause., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 13-8-19. Failure to renew, termination of, or restriction on transfer of franchise without due cause.
It shall be unlawful for the manufacturer, wholesaler, distributor, or franchisor, without due cause, to fail to renew on terms then equally available to all its dealers, to terminate a franchise, or to restrict the transfer of a franchise unless the franchisee shall receive fair and reasonable compensation for the inventory of the business. As used in this Code section, "due cause" shall be construed in accordance with the definition of same as contained in subparagraph (c)(3)(C) of Code Section 13-8-15. (Code 1981, § 13-8-19 , enacted by Ga. L. 1993, p. 1585, § 4; Ga. L. 2002, p. 1101, § 1.) Code Commission notes. - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1994, "Code section" was substituted for "subsection" in the second sentence.
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Section 13-8-19 ("Failure to renew, termination of, or restriction on transfer of franchise without due cause.") is part of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the codified statutory law of Georgia. 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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