North Dakota § 51-20-01 - Definitions

§ 51-20-01. Definitions

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise: 1. "Contractual arrangement" means a written franchise or other written agreement, by whatever name such agreement may be called, between a distributor and a dealer by which the dealer agrees to sell at retail and service the distributor's recreation vehicles in a given location or locations, whether or not exclusively with respect to a given geographic area, and the distributor authorizes the dealer to sell, or sell and service, and agrees to supply an inventory of recreation vehicles, and, if the dealer is to perform service, an inventory of parts for those vehicles. 2. "Dealer" means a person, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, or other business entity which sells at retail and services new recreation vehicles. 3. "Distributor" means any manufacturer, wholesaler, or distributor of recreation vehicles who has a contractual arrangement with a dealer in such vehicles. 4. "Recreation vehicle" includes snowmobiles as defined in section 39-24-01, plus trailers for transporting same when those trailers are furnished by the same distributor who furnishes the snowmobiles; off-highway vehicles as defined in section 39-29-01; motorcycles as defined in section 39-01-01; travel trailers, which term means vehicles without motive power designed for recreational use as living or sleeping quarters for people and which do not exceed forty feet [12.19 meters] in length; and motorboats, whether propelled by an inboard or outboard marine engine, plus any outboard marine engines and boat trailers. 5. "Repair parts" includes accessories.