(1) A dealership agreement shall: (a) Contain a provision that the law of this state governs the agreement; (b) Assign the dealer an area of sales responsibility; (c) If the dealer is an individual, include the designation of a member of the dealers family to succeed to the dealers interests in the dealers business and dealership agreement upon the dealers death, incapacity or retirement; and (d) Inform the dealer of the dealers obligations: (A) To perform warranty service; (B) To prepare products for delivery to the consumer; and (C) To deliver products to the consumer. (2) Upon a dealers request, a grantor shall reconsider the scope of the dealers area of sales responsibility once a year. (3) During the term of a dealership agreement, a grantor may not: (a) Change the dealers area of sales responsibility; or (b) Authorize another dealer to sell or lease the same line make in the area of sales responsibility. (4) Subsection (3)(b) of this section does not apply if: (a) Good cause exists to authorize another dealer in the same area of sales responsibility; and (b) The area of sales responsibility will support the existing dealer and the new dealer.
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