Virginia § 46.2-1573.32 - Discontinuation of distributors
Full text of Virginia Code of Virginia § 46.2-1573.32 — Discontinuation of distributors, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 46.2-1573.32. Discontinuation of distributors
If the contract between a distributor and a manufacturer or importer is terminated or otherwise discontinued, all franchises granted to motorcycle dealers in the Commonwealth by that distributor shall continue in full force and shall not be affected by the discontinuance, except that the manufacturer, factory branch, distributor, representative, or other person who undertakes to distribute motorcycles of the same line-make or the same motorcycles of a renamed line-make shall be substituted for the discontinued distributor under the existing motorcycle dealer franchises, and those franchises shall be modified accordingly.
Source: official Virginia text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 46.2-1573.32 ("Discontinuation of distributors") is part of the Code of Virginia, the codified statutory law of Virginia. 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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