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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>75695</law_id><section_number>46.2-1573.25</section_number><catch_line>Motorcycle dealers filing of franchises</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>46.2-1500</reference><reference>46.2-1504</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="46.2">Motor Vehicles</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="IV">Dealers and Driver Training Schools</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="15">Motor Vehicle Dealers</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="7.4">Motorcycle Franchises</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Except as otherwise provided in this section, each <span class="dictionary">motorcycle</span> <span class="dictionary">manufacturer</span>, <span class="dictionary">factory branch</span>, distributor, <span class="dictionary">distributor branch</span>, or subsidiary thereof shall file with the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> a true copy of each <span class="dictionary">new</span>, amended, modified, or different form or <span class="dictionary">addendum</span> offered to more than one <span class="dictionary">dealer</span> that affects the rights, responsibilities, or obligations of the parties of a <span class="dictionary">franchise</span> or sales, service, or sales and service agreement to be offered to a <span class="dictionary">motorcycle</span> <span class="dictionary">dealer</span> or prospective <span class="dictionary">motorcycle</span> <span class="dictionary">dealer</span> in the Commonwealth no later than 60 days prior to the date the <span class="dictionary">franchise</span> or sales agreement is offered. In no event shall a <span class="dictionary">new</span>, amended, modified, or different form of <span class="dictionary">franchise</span> or sales, service, or sales and service agreement be offered a <span class="dictionary">motorcycle</span> <span class="dictionary">dealer</span> in the Commonwealth until the form has been determined by the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> as not containing terms inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter. At the time a filing is made with the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> pursuant to this section, the <span class="dictionary">manufacturer</span>, <span class="dictionary">factory branch</span>, distributor, <span class="dictionary">distributor branch</span>, or subsidiary shall also give written notice together with a copy of the papers so filed to the affected <span class="dictionary">dealer</span> or <span class="dictionary">dealers</span>.
		The provisions of this article shall not apply to a <span class="dictionary">manufacturer</span>, <span class="dictionary">factory branch</span>, distributor, <span class="dictionary">distributor branch</span>, or factory or <span class="dictionary">distributor representative</span> engaged in the manufacture or distribution of <span class="dictionary">all-terrain vehicles</span> or <span class="dictionary">off-road motorcycles</span> that does not also manufacture or does not also distribute in the Commonwealth any <span class="dictionary">motorcycle</span> designed for lawful use on the public <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">highways</span></span>.</p></section></text><history>1996, cc. 1043, 1052, &#xA7; 46.2-1993.64; 2003, c. 334; 2015, c. 615.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
