Utah Code § 41-4-1

Agreements to finance through designated source which lessen competition or
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create monopoly declared void.
 It shall be unlawful for any person who is engaged, either directly or indirectly, in the
manufacture or distribution of motor vehicles, to sell or enter into a contract to sell motor vehicles,
whether patented or unpatented, to any person who is engaged or intends to engage in the
business of selling such motor vehicles at retail in this state, on the condition or with an agreement
or understanding, either express or implied, that such person so engaged in selling motor
vehicles at retail shall in any manner finance the purchase or sale of any one or number of motor
vehicles only with or through a designated person or class of persons or shall sell and assign the
conditional sales contracts, chattel mortgages or leases arising from the sale of motor vehicles or
any one or number thereof only to a designated person or class of persons, when the effect of the
condition, agreement or understanding so entered into may be to lessen or eliminate competition,
or create or tend to create a monopoly in the person or class of persons who are designated, by
virtue of such condition, agreement or understanding to finance the purchase or sale of motor
vehicles or to purchase such conditional sales contracts, chattel mortgages or leases, and any
such condition, agreement or understanding is hereby declared to be void and against the public
policy of this state.
No Change Since 1953

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