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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>62331</law_id><section_number>46.2-1573.7</section_number><catch_line>Discontinuation of distributors</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><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="7.2">Recreational Vehicle Franchises</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>If the <span class="dictionary">contract</span> between a <span class="dictionary">distributor</span> and a <span class="dictionary">manufacturer</span> or importer is terminated or otherwise discontinued, all <span class="dictionary">franchises</span> granted to <span class="dictionary">recreational vehicle</span> <span class="dictionary">dealers</span> in the Commonwealth by that <span class="dictionary">distributor</span> shall continue in full force and shall not be affected by the discontinuance, except that the <span class="dictionary">manufacturer</span>, <span class="dictionary">factory branch</span>, <span class="dictionary">distributor</span>, representative, or other person who undertakes to distribute <span class="dictionary">recreational vehicles</span> of the same <span class="dictionary">line-make</span> or the same <span class="dictionary">recreational vehicles</span> of a renamed <span class="dictionary">line-make</span> shall be substituted for the discontinued <span class="dictionary">distributor</span> under the existing <span class="dictionary">recreational vehicle</span> <span class="dictionary">dealer</span> <span class="dictionary">franchises</span>, and those <span class="dictionary">franchises</span> shall be modified accordingly.</p></section></text><history>1995, cc. 767, 816, &#xA7; 46.2-1978; 2015, c. 615.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
