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O.C.G.A. § 10-1-631

Unlawful acts of franchisor

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 738 F. Supp. 2d 640 - Jaguar Land Rover North America, LLC v. Manhattan Imported Cars, Inc. (2010)

Most recently applied in 738 F. Supp. 2d 640 - Jaguar Land Rover North America, LLC v. Manhattan Imported Cars, Inc. (September 2010)

Code 1981, § 10-1-631, enacted by Ga

(a) It is declared to be violative of the existing law of the State of

Georgia for any franchisor:

(1) To fail to act in good faith with any dealer in connection with the sale, transfer, termination, or succession of a franchise or in connection with the operation of a dealer’s business pursuant to a franchise or to fail to act in good faith in any of its business

transactions with a dealer; or

(2) To utilize a boycott, refusal to deal, threat of refusal to deal, coercion, threat of punitive action, withholding of benefits, or other unconscionable business practices in any of its business transactions

with a dealer.

(b) Without limitation as to other actions which may violate this

Code section, it shall be evidence of a violation of this Code section if a franchisor commits any action which would be a violation of any part of Part 1 of this article, the “Georgia Motor Vehicle Franchise Practices Act.”

Current official text: Official Code of Georgia Annotated (LexisNexis). Digitized from the Internet Archive scan of the OCGA. Reproduced from public-domain Georgia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.