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Ala. Code § 8-20-1

Short Title.

Known as the The Motor Vehicle Franchise Act

The act spans §§ 8–8 (16 sections).

Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case 724 F. Supp. 1364 - Coblentz GMC/Freightliner v. General Motors Corp. (1989)

Most recently applied in TS & A Motors, LLC d/b/a Kia of Somersworth v. Kia Motors America, Inc. (March 2019)

(Acts 1981, No. 81-390, p. 596, §1.)

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Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.

This chapter may be cited as “The Motor Vehicle Franchise Act.”

Official source: Alabama Legislature (ALISON). Reproduced from public-domain Alabama statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.