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2007 Minnesota Statutes
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80C.30 BURGLAR ALARM FRANCHISES.
A manufacturer of a burglar alarm product having been sold to a distributor in this state for at
least five years may establish itself as a franchisor as provided in this section. Such franchisor may
require a distributor to begin paying an annual franchise fee and/or a sign up fee for operations
within this state provided the manufacturer gives an existing nonfranchised distributor ten years'
notice of intent to establish a franchisor/franchisee relationship and grants an automatic extension
of the existing distributor contractual arrangement during the notice period. The manufacturer
may not establish any business in this state in competition with the distributor during the notice
period. A manufacturer terminating an existing burglar alarm distributor contract in this state
must wait ten years before opening a distributorship in this state.
History: 1988 c 561 s 2
A manufacturer of a burglar alarm product having been sold to a distributor in this state for at
least five years may establish itself as a franchisor as provided in this section. Such franchisor may
require a distributor to begin paying an annual franchise fee and/or a sign up fee for operations
within this state provided the manufacturer gives an existing nonfranchised distributor ten years'
notice of intent to establish a franchisor/franchisee relationship and grants an automatic extension
of the existing distributor contractual arrangement during the notice period. The manufacturer
may not establish any business in this state in competition with the distributor during the notice
period. A manufacturer terminating an existing burglar alarm distributor contract in this state
must wait ten years before opening a distributorship in this state.
History: 1988 c 561 s 2
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