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Title XXVI TRADE AND COMMERCE

Chapter 407

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  407.815.  Definitions. — As used in sections 407.810 to 407.835, unless the context otherwise requires, the following terms mean:

  (1) "Administrative hearing commission", the body established in chapter 621, RSMo, to conduct administrative hearings;

  (2) "All-terrain vehicle", any motorized vehicle manufactured and used exclusively for off-highway use which is fifty inches or less in width, with an unladen dry weight of six hundred pounds or less, traveling on three, four or more low pressure tires, with a seat designed to be straddled by the operator, and handlebars for steering control;

  (3) "Coerce", to force a person to act in a given manner or to compel by pressure or threat but shall not be construed to include the following:

  (a) Good faith recommendations, exposition, argument, persuasion or attempts at persuasion;

  (b) Notice given in good faith to any franchisee of such franchisee's violation of terms or provisions of such franchise or contractual agreement;

  (c) Any other conduct set forth in section 407.830 as a defense to an action brought pursuant to sections 407.810 to 407.835; or

  (d) Any other conduct set forth in sections 407.810 to 407.835 that is permitted of the franchisor or is expressly excluded from coercion or a violation of sections 407.810 to 407.835;

  (4) "Franchise" or "franchise agreement", a written arrangement or contract for a definite or indefinite period, in which a person grants to another person a license to use, or the right to grant to others a license to use, a trade name, trademark, service mark, or related characteristics, in which there is a community of interest in the marketing of goods or services, or both, at wholesale or retail, by agreement, lease or otherwise, and in which the operation of the franchisee's business with respect to such franchise is substantially reliant on the franchisor for the continued supply of franchised new motor vehicles, parts and accessories for sale at wholesale or retail;

  (5) "Franchisee", a person to whom a franchise is granted;

  (6) "Franchisor", a person who grants a franchise to another person;

  (7) "Motor vehicle", for the purposes of sections 407.810 to 407.835, any motor-driven vehicle required to be registered pursuant to the provisions of chapter 301, RSMo, except that, motorcycles and all-terrain vehicles as defined in section 301.010, RSMo, shall not be included. The term "motor vehicle" shall also include any engine, transmission, or rear axle, regardless of whether attached to a vehicle chassis, that is manufactured for the installation in any motor-driven vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of more than sixteen thousand pounds that is registered for the operations on the highways of this state under chapter 301, RSMo;

  (8) "New", when referring to motor vehicles or parts, means those motor vehicles or parts which have not been held except as inventory, as that term is defined in subdivision (4) of section 400.9-109, RSMo;

  (9) "Person", a natural person, sole proprietor, partnership, corporation, or any other form of business entity or organization.

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(L. 1980 H.B. 1600 § 2, A.L. 1997 H.B. 516, A.L. 1998 H.B. 1055, A.L. 2001 H.B. 575, A.L. 2007 S.B. 82)


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