323.2 - DISCONTINUING DISTRIBUTOR FRANCHISE.

        323.2  DISCONTINUING DISTRIBUTOR FRANCHISE.         Notwithstanding the terms, provisions or conditions of any      distributor franchise, a franchiser shall not terminate or refuse to      renew a distributor franchise except as provided in this chapter.  A      franchiser shall not terminate or refuse to renew a distributor      franchise unless the franchiser gives to the distributor thirty days'      written notice of franchiser's intent to terminate or not renew.      Notice shall be given by restricted certified mail, as defined in      section 618.15.  If a distributor, within thirty days after the date      of delivery of the notice from the franchiser, applies to the      department for a hearing under this chapter, the distributor      franchise shall remain in effect pending a final order by the      department.  The application filed by the distributor shall state,      under oath, that the distributor has not filed a petition in      bankruptcy or been declared bankrupt within six months preceding the      filing of the application, that the franchiser has not withdrawn      entirely from the sale for resale of motor fuel and special fuel in      this state, that there are no past due sums owing by the distributor      to the franchiser, and that the distributor has not consented in      writing to the termination or nonrenewal of the distributor      franchise.  
         Section History: Early Form
         [C75, 77, 79, 81, § 323.2] 
         Section History: Recent Form
         95 Acts, ch 155, §2