Any condition, stipulation or provision, including any choice of law provision, purporting to bind any person who, at the time of acquiring a franchise is a resident of this state, or, in the case of a partnership or corporation, organized or incorporated under the laws of this state, or purporting to bind a person acquiring any franchise to be operated in this state to waive compliance or which has the effect of waiving compliance with any provision of sections 80C.01 to 80C.22 or any rule or order thereunder is void.
Minn. Stat. § 80C.21
WAIVERS VOID.
Applied in 26 court decisions — leading case Lankford v. Sherman (2006)
Most recently applied in 260 So. 3d 813 - Cowin Equip. Co. v. Terex USA, LLC (Ex parte Terex USA, LLC) (March 2018)
1973 c 612 s 21; 1989 c 198 s 2
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