A provision of a franchise agreement restricting jurisdiction or venue to a forum outside this state or requiring the application of the laws of another state is void with respect to a claim otherwise enforceable under this act.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 19-28.1-14
Jurisdiction and venue
Known as the Rhode Island Franchise Investment Act
The act spans §§ 19-28.1-1 to 19-28.1-9 (34 sections).
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case KKW Enterprises, Inc. v. Gloria Jean's Gourmet Coffees Franchising Corp. (1999)
Most recently applied in Safe Step Walk in Tub Co. v. CKH Industries, Inc. (March 2017)
P.L. 1993, ch. 395, § 2; P.L. 2016, ch. 153, § 2; P.L. 2016, ch. 159, § 2; P.L. 2016, ch. 512, art. 1, § 7.
How often courts cite this section
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.
Official source: Rhode Island General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Rhode Island statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.