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The foregoing provisions of this subsection shall apply only if the dealer transfers to the manufacturer or distributor full right and legal title to the motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles, and off-road motorcycles prior to their repurchase.B\n\nIn the event of any involuntary discontinuation, cancellation, or nonrenewal of a franchise agreement, the manufacturer or distributor shall, if so requested by the dealer within the same 60-day period, also repurchase all genuine new and unused motorcycle, all-terrain vehicle, and off-road motorcycle parts and accessories that the manufacturer or distributor sold to the dealer so long as such parts and accessories are undamaged, in their original packaging, and listed in the current parts and accessories price list of the manufacturer or distributor. Such parts and accessories shall be repurchased at a price equal to the wholesale price stated in the current parts and accessories price list of the manufacturer or distributor, less all incentives and allowances received by the dealer and without reduction for such repurchase or for processing or handling the repurchase. The foregoing provisions of this subsection shall apply only if the dealer transfers to the manufacturer or distributor full right and legal title to the parts and accessories prior to their repurchase.C\n\nIn the event of any involuntary discontinuation, cancellation, or nonrenewal of a franchise agreement, the manufacturer or distributor shall, if so requested by the dealer within the same 60-day period, repurchase the new and used equipment that the manufacturer or distributor sold to the dealer at its then fair market value, including signs, special tools, and manuals that the manufacturer or distributor required the dealer to purchase. The foregoing provisions of this subsection shall apply only if the dealer transfers to the manufacturer or distributor full right and legal title to the equipment prior to its repurchase.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":235424,"text":"In the event of any involuntary discontinuation, cancellation, or nonrenewal of a franchise agreement, the manufacturer or distributor shall, within 60 days from the effective date of the discontinuation, cancellation, or nonrenewal of a franchise agreement, repurchase at the price equal to the amount paid therefor by the motorcycle dealer, less all incentives and allowances received by the dealer, (i) all new, unused, undamaged, and unaltered motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles, or off-road motorcycles of the current or previous model year that the manufacturer or distributor sold to the dealer and (ii) any other such motorcycle, all-terrain vehicle, or off-road motorcycle that it sold to the dealer not more than 180 days prior to the notice of termination. 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This law was first created in 2004. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 107<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2015, chapter 615<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":231709,"object_type":"law","relational_id":64680,"identifier":"46.2-1573.30","token":"46.2\/IV\/15\/7.4\/46.2-1573.30","url":"\/46.2-1573.30\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-1573.30\/","token":"46.2\/IV\/15\/7.4\/46.2-1573.30","dublin_core":{"Title":"Repurchase of vehicles, parts, and equipment in the event of involuntary discontinuation, cancellation, or nonrenewal of franchise agreement","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-1573.30","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> In the event of any involuntary discontinuation, cancellation<\/span>, or nonrenewal of a franchise<\/span> agreement, the manufacturer<\/span> or distributor<\/span> shall, within 60 days from the effective date of the discontinuation, cancellation<\/span>, or nonrenewal of a franchise<\/span> agreement, repurchase at the price equal to the amount paid therefor by the motorcycle dealer<\/span>, less all incentives and allowances received by the dealer<\/span>, (i) all new<\/span>, unused, undamaged, and unaltered motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles<\/span>, or off-road motorcycles<\/span> of the current or previous model year that the manufacturer<\/span> or distributor<\/span> sold to the dealer<\/span> and (ii) any other such motorcycle, all-terrain vehicle<\/span>, or off-road motorcycle<\/span> that it sold to the dealer<\/span> not more than 180 days prior to the notice of termination. The foregoing provisions of this subsection shall apply only if the dealer<\/span> transfers to the manufacturer<\/span> or distributor<\/span> full right and legal title to the motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles<\/span>, and off-road motorcycles<\/span> prior to their repurchase. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> In the event of any involuntary discontinuation, cancellation<\/span>, or nonrenewal of a franchise<\/span> agreement, the manufacturer<\/span> or distributor<\/span> shall, if so requested by the dealer<\/span> within the same 60-day period, also repurchase all genuine new<\/span> and unused motorcycle, all-terrain vehicle<\/span>, and off-road motorcycle<\/span> parts and accessories that the manufacturer<\/span> or distributor<\/span> sold to the dealer<\/span> so long as such parts and accessories are undamaged, in their original packaging, and listed in the current parts and accessories price list of the manufacturer<\/span> or distributor<\/span>. Such parts and accessories shall be repurchased at a price equal to the wholesale<\/span> price stated in the current parts and accessories price list of the manufacturer<\/span> or distributor<\/span>, less all incentives and allowances received by the dealer<\/span> and without reduction for such repurchase or for processing or handling the repurchase. The foregoing provisions of this subsection shall apply only if the dealer<\/span> transfers to the manufacturer<\/span> or distributor<\/span> full right and legal title to the parts and accessories prior to their repurchase. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> In the event of any involuntary discontinuation, cancellation<\/span>, or nonrenewal of a franchise<\/span> agreement, the manufacturer<\/span> or distributor<\/span> shall, if so requested by the dealer<\/span> within the same 60-day period, repurchase the new<\/span> and used<\/span> equipment that the manufacturer<\/span> or distributor<\/span> sold to the dealer<\/span> at its then fair market value, including signs, special tools, and manuals that the manufacturer<\/span> or distributor<\/span> required the dealer<\/span> to purchase. The foregoing provisions of this subsection shall apply only if the dealer<\/span> transfers to the manufacturer<\/span> or distributor<\/span> full right and legal title to the equipment prior to its repurchase. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREPURCHASE OF VEHICLES, PARTS, AND EQUIPMENT IN THE EVENT OF INVOLUNTARY\nDISCONTINUATION, CANCELLATION, OR NONRENEWAL OF FRANCHISE AGREEMENT (\u00a7\n46.2-1573.30)\n\nA. In the event of any involuntary discontinuation, cancellation, or nonrenewal\nof a franchise agreement, the manufacturer or distributor shall, within 60 days\nfrom the effective date of the discontinuation, cancellation, or nonrenewal of a\nfranchise agreement, repurchase at the price equal to the amount paid therefor\nby the motorcycle dealer, less all incentives and allowances received by the\ndealer, (i) all new, unused, undamaged, and unaltered motorcycles, all-terrain\nvehicles, or off-road motorcycles of the current or previous model year that the\nmanufacturer or distributor sold to the dealer and (ii) any other such\nmotorcycle, all-terrain vehicle, or off-road motorcycle that it sold to the\ndealer not more than 180 days prior to the notice of termination. The foregoing\nprovisions of this subsection shall apply only if the dealer transfers to the\nmanufacturer or distributor full right and legal title to the motorcycles,\nall-terrain vehicles, and off-road motorcycles prior to their repurchase.\n\nB. In the event of any involuntary discontinuation, cancellation, or nonrenewal\nof a franchise agreement, the manufacturer or distributor shall, if so requested\nby the dealer within the same 60-day period, also repurchase all genuine new and\nunused motorcycle, all-terrain vehicle, and off-road motorcycle parts and\naccessories that the manufacturer or distributor sold to the dealer so long as\nsuch parts and accessories are undamaged, in their original packaging, and\nlisted in the current parts and accessories price list of the manufacturer or\ndistributor. Such parts and accessories shall be repurchased at a price equal to\nthe wholesale price stated in the current parts and accessories price list of\nthe manufacturer or distributor, less all incentives and allowances received by\nthe dealer and without reduction for such repurchase or for processing or\nhandling the repurchase. The foregoing provisions of this subsection shall apply\nonly if the dealer transfers to the manufacturer or distributor full right and\nlegal title to the parts and accessories prior to their repurchase.\n\nC. In the event of any involuntary discontinuation, cancellation, or nonrenewal\nof a franchise agreement, the manufacturer or distributor shall, if so requested\nby the dealer within the same 60-day period, repurchase the new and used\nequipment that the manufacturer or distributor sold to the dealer at its then\nfair market value, including signs, special tools, and manuals that the\nmanufacturer or distributor required the dealer to purchase. The foregoing\nprovisions of this subsection shall apply only if the dealer transfers to the\nmanufacturer or distributor full right and legal title to the equipment prior to\nits repurchase.\n\nHISTORY: 2004, c. 107, \u00a7 46.2-1993.67:2; 2015, c. 615.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}