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Miss. Code Ann. § 63-17-217

Coercion of dealer prohibited

Laws, 2014, ch. 532, § 9, eff from and after Oct. 1, 2014.

(1) A manufacturer or distributor may not coerce or attempt to coerce a dealer to: Purchase a product that the dealer did not order;

(2) Enter into an agreement with the manufacturer or distributor; or

(3) Enter into an agreement that requires the dealer to submit its disputes to binding arbitration or otherwise waive rights or responsibilities provided under Sections 63-17-201 through 63-17-221.

(4) As used in this section, the term “coerce” includes, but is not limited to, threatening to terminate, cancel or not renew a manufacturer-dealer agreement without good cause or threatening to withhold product lines the dealer is entitled to purchase pursuant to the manufacturer-dealer agreement or delay product delivery as an inducement to amending the manufacturer-dealer agreement.

Current official text: Mississippi Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Mississippi statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.